The Power of the Name

Let’s look at this upon Moses and God in Exodus 3. In the first time that God called Moses from the burning bush, the first thing that Moses demanded was to know the name of the God who was speaking to him. Moses wanted to know which God was speaking and sending him.
Moses said that okay, I hear you saying that you are the God of our fathers, but that is not enough. “ And Moses said unto God, behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say unto me, WHAT IS HIS NAME ? What will I say unto them? v.13 . The living Bible puts it this way, “ If I go to the people of Israel and tell them that their father’s God has sent me, they will ask, WHICH GOD ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? What will I tell them v.13.

God first replies by telling Moses WHO HE IS, before telling him his name.
He told Moses, “I will become that I will become… אהיה אשר אהיה… Eheyeh asher Eheyeh, v.14 (This transliteration is from the Hebrew Bible). He told Moses that I will become what I will become. This is the phrase that is translated to “… I AM That IAM. But in Hebrew Bible it translates “I WILL BECOME WHAT I WILL BECOME…”
I am peace (Yahuah shalom)!
I am the provider (Yahuah Yireh)!
I am the almighty (El-shaddai)!
I am the creator (Yahuah Yotser)!
I am your healer (Yahuah Rapha)!
I am you buckler (Yahuah Nissi)!
I will become all the attributes of power, love, goodness, abundance and all blessings etc.
When Moses heard of this God who said that all those attributes are contained in him, Moses really got a new perspective that thrilled him greatly.
The God who alone had the joint and collective attributes of all the gods and goddesses of Egypt and Midian! Wow! This one was different from all other gods. It was a blessing to serve this God. It is a blessing to serve this God.
The Father said that, I am not just like the gods that you know. About the gods of Egypt where one god is only believed to be powerful, and the different one is known to be the provider, and another a healer, and yet a different one the protector, and another for fertility, and another for rain, another for destruction, and so on. But for me who is speaking to you, I will become all that! I am; provider, protector, deliverer, healer, peace, all powerful, present everywhere, knowing everything, and the list goes on and on.
For me I will become all those qualities. I am all those qualities, and will become all that I will become. That is me who is speaking to you.
When the Lord told Moses when He is, this just fascinated Moses and he remained greatly amazed.

After telling Moses who he is, then he tells him His name in verse 15 . “And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shall you say unto the children of Israel, Yahuah יהוה (Jehovah, or Yahweh) God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is HIS NAME FOR EVER , and this is my memorial unto all generations… The elders of the people of Israel will hearken to your voice: and you shall go with them, to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘ Yahuah יהוה (Jehovah or Yahweh) the God of the Hebrews, has met with us and instructed us to go three days journey into the desert to sacrifice to him. Give us your permission, verses 15, 18”.
Moses demanded to know which God was speaking and sending him.
Why did Moses desire to know the name of this God who was speaking and sending him?
This was because Moses knew that there were so many gods and goddesses each identified with his or her name. Moses was raised up in Egypt and he knew all the Gods of the Egyptians each with his or her specific name. He was wondering, which one among the gods and goddesses that I know is speaking to me now.
And he wanted this same one who was speaking to him to specify and identify himself with his personal name. He said, what is your name? The big question here was not just telling Moses that ‘I am the God of your fathers’, but the question was, “What is your name? Which God is this one speaking?
I tell you, when The Lord told Moses Who He is and His Name, this was never heard of before before. Among the gods of EGYPT there was no one like the one Moses discovered that day. The relationship changed.
Moses went boldly to speak to the Israelites and then to Pharaoh of this God that He had known by name.
What Moses asked for was more than a Name, He was a person. He gave Moses the power to work miracles. Oh yes, this God of Moses that I serve is a miracle worker. His power has no parameters. He is indescribable God.
What I can tell you is, “He can be to you how much you have known him.” He can become to you how much you know Him

   John Wilson Okurut

Pastor HOWAP