One Verse Devotional

Jesus is the Bread of Life, providing for us and sustaining us. He fills in the gaps of our soul. Way back in the Old Testament, Moses was walking in the desert one day when he saw something strange. A bush that wouldn’t stop burning. As he approached it, God spoke to him and told Moses to go back to Egypt and free His people. I’m sure you’ve heard the story. What does that have to do with our One Verse for today’s devotional? Everything. When Moses was talking to God about freeing the Israelites, he had a question. “But Who do I say sent me?” God answered with His name. The name God has given Himself. “I AM.” The name of God. “Tell them that I AM has sent you.” Which begs the question: What does THAT mean? Seriously. What does “I AM” even mean? That’s why we have Jesus. At least, one reason. Jesus fulfills the Old Testament. In the Gospel of John, we have the “I Am passages.” Jesus begins several statements with the phrase “I am.” To us, it seems normal. But to the Jewish people, they knew exactly what Jesus