[ Exodus 3:11 - 3:15 ] - hymn God said to Moses, ¡°I am who I am.¡± [ EXODUS 3:14 ]
Jack, a professor of philosophy and literature, had a brilliant mind. He¡¯d declared himself an atheist at the age of fifteen and in adulthood adamantly defended his ¡°atheistic faith.¡± Christian friends tried to persuade him. As Jack put it, ¡°Everyone and everything had joined the other side.¡± But the Bible, he had to admit, was different from other literature and myths. About the Gospels he wrote: ¡°If ever a myth had become fact, had been incarnated,
it would be just like this.¡±
One Bible passage became most influential to Jack—Exodus 3. God was calling Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Moses asked God, ¡°Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?¡± (V. 11). God responded, ¡°I am who I am¡± (V. 14). This passage is a complex play on words and names but reflects God¡¯s eternal presence from the beginning. Interestingly, later Jesus echoed the same when he said, ¡°before Abraham was born, I am!¡± (JOHN 8:58).
Jack, better known as C. S. Lewis, was deeply persuaded by this passage. This was all that the one true God should need to say— simply that He is the ¡°I am.¡± In a life-changing moment, Lewis ¡°gave in, and admitted God was God.¡± This was the beginning of a journey for Lewis toward accepting Jesus.
Perhaps we struggle with belief, as Lewis did, or maybe with a lukewarm faith. We might ask ourselves if God is truly the ¡°I am¡± in our lives. KENNETH PETERSEN What
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