Who am I?

Reading:   Exodus 1-3

I have to admit that reading these chapters brought to mind some great music and a flood of animation in that I kept visualizing the movie Prince of Egypt.  What a great story, and the music makes it all the better...

Anyway, I'm not going to rehash the story of Moses because we are all familiar with it and the Dreamworks movie is surprisingly accurate.  The first three chapters start with the Israelites becoming the blue collar, heavy labor, servants, of the Egyptians.  The Pharaoh gains an unhealthy concern about the overpopulation of the Israelite people and orders the Egyptian midwives to kill any male baby born - the midwives ignore the order but still the...stop it...I'm sorry but I'm doing exactly what I said I wasn't going to do -  I'm rehashing the story of Moses!

...So fast forward to Moses and the burning bush.  God tells Moses to go forth and demand the freedom of the Israelite people...

EXODUS 3:11-12

11    And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? 

12    And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 

Who am I?

What a great question!  Even with the grandeur of God directly in his face, Moses questioned his ability and worthiness - forgetting the power of God and bowing to the natural man within.  It's a great lesson.  We, of course, can accomplish anything with faith (the first principle of power) but quite often hesitate in our action because we too question, who am I?  It's a slippery tactic of self doubt brought on by the father of lies, the very serpent of our soul, Satan.

Regardless of who, what, when, where and how, in relation to our needs or purpose, strength, and ultimate power, will certainly be with us if we can overcome our doubts and focus on the Omni's of God - omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent (see Father of Lights 12/20/12).

Who am I?  I am a willing servant of God with the power to move mountains in His name...watch out!!

~Kipling