I Am Who I Am

"I am who I am". These are the words that God spoke to Moses in that famous moment of the burning bush when God met Moses in the desert. He gave Moses these difficult and impossible instructions and Moses said, "What do I say? Who will I tell them sent me?" This is how God chose to answer, "I am who I am". When I read this the other day it struck me a little differently than it has in the past. This phrase, 'I am who I am' brought me so much comfort.

We hear so often these days how important it is to be ourself. Be who God created us to be. God is telling Moses that this is who HE is and He is going to be WHO He is no matter what. So who is that? What does that mean? As I thought through this and how it applies to me I began to see how God being WHO He is throughout everything is my answer. The PARC is growing. It is really growing and we are having to make adjustments. I have never been this way before. I don't know what this is supposed to look like, or what we need to do to adjust and be ready.

I have always considered the PARC to be a small non-profit that most people don't know about. While that has been the case, I think those days are over. I must admit that we are no longer small and many people now know abut the PARC. It is no secret that God has brought us here. Who would have thought? But we have never been here before and many of the things that are before me feel impossible. I don't know how this will work. I don't know how to do it. But God says, "I am who I am."

God is Love. He can't help it. He looks like love, He sounds like love and He acts like love. Everything that we do moving forward will be out of God loving us and loving the people that we serve even though there will be so many more. He will take care of all of us through love.

God is Good. As we get bigger He is good to meet all of our needs. In the hard times with all of the uncertainty He is good. In the best of times when our blessings overflow He is good. He can't help it. When I am trying to figure out what our staff will look like and how will we handle that much space, He is good.

God is Powerful and Miraculous. He just is. He parts seas, He heals and He brings water from a rock. He multiplies so that there is more than enough. So, when I look at the money that needs to raised to finish our building or even the money it will take to run a brand new big 'ole building it freaks me out!!! Big time! But God will be who He is. He is powerful and miraculous.

As I think through and pray about what is going on and where we are going I keep remembering God's proclamation, "I am who I am. I am love. I am good. I am powerful and miraculous". He is all those things and if I remember it brings me great comfort.