This Is My Name Forever

Exodus 3:14-15

And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’ ”


In Exodus 3, we’re given a special revelation about God’s personal name. When Moses tells God that the Israelites will want to know His name, God responds by firstly calling Himself ‘I AM WHO I AM’, then ‘I AM’, and finally ‘The LORD’. What significance is it that God has a name essentially meaning ‘I am’, and wants that name to be a memorial to all generations?

Reasons for Suffering

Acts 14:22

“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”


All Christians suffer. You have suffered, you are suffering, or you will suffer (Acts 14:22). This reality is a stark reminder that we have not reached the new heavens and new earth. The New Jerusalem of no tears and no pain, of no mourning and no death, hasn’t arrived yet (Revelation 21:1, 3-4). But just because we experience suffering as we await the redemption of our bodies, it doesn’t mean that our suffering is random or without purpose. Here are five important biblical truths about the possible reasons behind your suffering: