I am I am

1.     There is a “holy ground” where God reveals…a name. We return to that place from time to time to launch ourselves again in faith. Moses wants to know God in a personal way. Now, God reveals the name, “I am I am” not exclusively for Moses but for Moses to make that name known to others.

2.     Those who “know” God have the responsibility to witness in helping others enter in the same “knowledge”. When Jesus reveals to his disciples the name with which he addresses God as “Father” he tells his disciples what their responsibility will be in living as brothers and sisters to each other. Jesus tells them of their mission to build a fraternal world corresponding to God’s plan.

3.     “I am I am”. This tells us that God is someone to whom we cannot just attach any name we want. God is “un-nameable”, so to speak. We may be moved to know God but God reveals in a way that is not our way. What is, in fact, curious is that “I am I am” is also a revelation of a plan—a plan to be present always.

4.     The name can thus designate an open relationship in which it is always possible to encounter God. We are kept in the dynamism of a never ending discovering and rediscovering…