No Introduction Necessary 

The Israelites knew who their God is. 

They know the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and they know the stories. 

Moses was wondering how to introduce a God from the past and The Lord redirects him and says “All they need to know is I AM” 

“I AM” is an active name. It’s not past, it’s not distant. It’s present and involved. 

There’s 3 things I think we can learn from this encounter to remember about our God. 

But he’s not just a God who was, He’s a God who IS! 

The same thing happens to us as we get older. We stop being people who are and become people who were. “You should have seen me back in the day I was _______”  

We were crazy, we tried challenging things, we were outgoing  and social before people hurt us, we used to strive for goals, we did hard things…all these things in the past tense.  

We live like people who were following a God who was… 

But the truth is “Our God IS and because HE IS and we STILL ARE our best days and biggest triumphs could still be ahead of us” 

You can only think of him and the God who was because you look at yourself in the past tense as well. Before that mistake, before that trauma, before that setback, before this health issue… 

Moses killed a man and ran into the desert to hide. Next thing he knows he’s towards the end of his life and God shows up.  

No Moses, I’m not just the God of Your Fathers, I AM and YOU ARE. 
Moses- “I can’t speak” I AM AND YOU ARE 

Church, your best and most impactful days can still be ahead of you but you have got to stop looking at yourself and your God in the past tense.  

He’s not the God who was and we are not the people who were 

 2. He’s the GOD that is “AS IS” 

We find Moses acknowledging God but wanting something new.  

Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” 

Moses acknowledges that he’s the God of their Fathers but he’s looking for new info and the LORD says no, this is MY NAME FOREVER from generation to generation I AM WHO I AM. 

The Lord says, I AM WHO I AM.  

The Lord’s ways will get you feeling uncomfortable. It will make you feel left out at times. They will make you feel like you don’t belong. You don’t. 

You’re called to be “IN THIS WORLD BUT NOT OF IT”  

You’re a “Royal priesthood. Exiles and Aliens among this world”  

Isn’t it interesting that God could have named himself so many things that other gods were going by. The God of Thunder, The God of POWER, etc etc 

He said I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and this will be my name forever from generation to generation.  

He’s Holy but he lets himself be known through his people. 

But… 
Abraham was cowardly and lied about his wife to save himself 
Isaac repeated the mistakes of his father 
Jacob was know by lies and deceit  

But God was ashamed to say he was their God. He was the God who chose them. Who redeemed them. Who changed the world through them.  

But when she met him she didn’t live like a person who was. She lived like a person who is brand new made clean by her faith in the one and only. She went and told everybody come and see. 

They came and spent time with Jesus and then they’d tell her we no longer believe because you told us. We’ve heard him for ourselves and he is the Savior of the world. 

The God at the Well became the God of the town.  
Don’t leave this place without being able to say He is your God. 

1. Make him Your God today 

2. If your stuck living in the past. You serve a God who is and you’re a person who is a son and daughter of the living God. Your best days aren’t behind you.