Sometimes a blog post is months and a series of events in creation. This one started when I first heard the song "I AM" by David Crowder. I was captured by the lyrics of the chorus and their double meaning.
I am holding on to you
(me holding on to God)
in the middle of the storm,
I AM holding on to you.
I AM (God) is holding on to me.
In Exodus 3:14 Moses asked God "Who should I say sent me?"
and God said from the burning bush, "tell them
I AM sent you, for I AM that I AM."
Click here to hear the song on You Tube
With my cerebral background music playing, I remembered scriptures like
"Be still and know that I AM God." Psalm 46:10
or
"I AM the light of the world" John 9:5
(red because Jesus said it)
and knew there were so many more that I wanted to find - someday when I had time.
Last week at the Names of God Bible Study, we studied
The Great I AM.
Now the music is louder and the words are stronger.
It is time to look it up, write it down, and send it out.
Here is a sampling from my research.
I AM
your shield (Genesis 15:1)
God Almighty (Genesis 15:7)
with you (Genesis 27:1)
with you always (Matthew 28:20)
concerned about suffering (Exodus 3:7)
the LORD (Exodus 6:2)
the LORD your God (Exodus 6:7)
the LORD who heals you (Exodus 15:26)
able (Matthew 9:28)
willing (Mark 1:41)
compassionate (Exodus 22:27)
holy (Leviticus 11:44)
your share and inheritance (Numbers 18:20)
your salvation (Psalm 35:3
He who blots out your transgressions (Isaiah 43:25)
the first and the last (Isaiah 44:6)
the Alpha and the Omega (Revelations 1:8)
He who will sustain you (Isaiah 46:4)
bringing my righteousness near (Isaiah 46:13)
the LORD who teaches you (Isaiah 48:17)
teacher (John 13:13)
faithful (Jeremiah 3:12)
your husband (Jeremiah 3:14)
the sovereign LORD (Ezekiel 13:9)
coming and will live among you (Zechariah 3:8)
coming soon (Revelation 3:11)
the living one (Revelation 1:18)
a great king (Malachi 1:14)
a king (John 18:37)
the son of God (Matthew 27;43)
bread of life (John 6:35)
from above (John 8:23)
not of this world (John 8:23)
the gate (John 10:9)
the good shepherd (John 10:11)
the resurrection and the life (John 11:25)
the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6)
the vine (John 15:5)
in the Father and the Father is in me (John 14:10)
in you (John 14:20)
making everything new (Revelation (21:5)
going to prepare a place for you (John 14:2)
coming soon (Revelation 22:12)
When the storms in your life are raging,
just hold on and know that HE is holding on to you.
I AM
the LORD your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you,
"Do not fear. I will help you."
(Isaiah 31:14)
