Who Am I?ናሙና

In addition to Gideon, Moses dealt with the issue of identity. In the burning bush scene, God commands Moses to go and tell Pharoah to let His people go.

In Exodus 3:11, we read Moses asking God the ultimate question, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

Amazingly, God answers the identity crisis almost precisely the same way He will answer Gideon. He says, “I will certainly be with you…” (Exodus 3:12a).

In other words, God tells Moses, “I am not going to answer every question you have about you. Rather, I will send you and remind you that you are never alone. I am with you.”

See the pattern here?

Our weaknesses scream, “WHO AM I?

God looks at us and says, “Child, but WHO AM I?”

Later, in Exodus 4, Moses feels he needs to remind God that he is poor in speech and fundamentally asks God to send someone else. And again, God did not reassure Moses about his elocution, but He asked Moses, “Who made man’s mouth?” (Exodus 4:11).

In other words, stop looking at yourself and look instead at your Maker when asking who you are. Stop consulting your feelings or cultural standards to define your identity and dictate your direction. As you sit before His Word, ask God to speak to you about what He is calling you to do and who He is creating you to be in Him.

As a believer, your identity in Christ can never be taken from you. It is an eternal, unchanging inheritance, reserved in heaven for you (1 Peter 1:3-4).

Your identity is no longer about what you can and cannot do, your shifting moods, or your family of origin.

Your identity is about WHO GOD IS and WHAT GOD IN YOU CAN DO.

The question that remains then is, do you believe it? Will you walk in it?