Our Lord Jehovah Is Our Great I Am

There is a lot of meaning in those simple words…two words in the English (I AM) and one in the Hebrew (Jehovah). The Israelites, because they respected that name of the Lord so much, would never completely spell out the word Jehovah. They were so much in awe that they did not want to misspell it. Jehovah meant I AM. Again, it talked about the limitlessness of God.

Our Lord Jehovah doesn’t say, ‘I am George or I am a carpenter or I am a farmer.’ All of those things limit us don’t they? When we give someone our name, it limits us to people named whatever our name is. When we tell someone what we do, it limits us to that category of people that do those things. The Lord says I AM. He is limitless—again the opposite of us. We are assured and comforted by the fact that God is not like man. In the book of Numbers we are told: "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?"(NUMBERS 23:19). You and I know that sometimes we speak and don’t act; sometimes we promise and don’t fulfill. Not God! He is not like us. He is limitless. He is infinite.

In a world where there’s nothing lasting and everything is changing, that is a great com-fort and joy for us…knowing that the anchor of our Christian faith is God, Himself, who does not change and keeps every single promise. PSALM 145:13 tells us: "Your kingdom is an everlast-ing kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.” We know that the Lord loves His creation. He takes care of it and provides for it. What stands as a special blessing for you and I is the fact that as His believers, we might say that our Lord Jehovah loves us just a little bit more. As be-lievers we know and understand and appreciate every promise God has made and has kept throughout every generation.

Because of that, you and I are able to live lives of thanksgiving and thankful living. We don’t have to wait for those times when we feel that the Lord has especially blessed us to rejoice because we know that in good times and in bad times (or what we might consider bad times) the Lord is still with us to bless us and to provide for us. He asks nothing in return except to worship Him with love and praise and rejoicing. We read the words of Joshua (as he takes over the leadership from Moses) after the people are soon to be in the Promised Land. "Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses"(1 KINGS 8:56). You and I can look back through the scriptures and look at every promise that God has made and say the same thing. Praise be to the Lord God of Israel! Not one word of His promises has failed that He gave to Moses, to Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, to the Apostle Paul, to His early apostles, or to Adam and Eve. Even for Adam and Eve, when they first sinned, the Lord promised a Savior—low and behold He provided one--for us and for the sins of the whole world.