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Within your breath, God has given you a divine gift. A gift that taps into the greatest of powers and deepest wisdom. Yes, right here in your breath.

From the moment you were born, you’ve been doing it, without even being aware. Right now, it is happening. And today, God says, “My girl, I want you to now know what you’ve been doing your entire life and start doing it with intention.”

At this moment, take a deep breath in. Now, slowly let that breath out through your mouth. Do it again, notice the sound of your inhale and your exhale.

This sound is not an accident, it is divine. This sound is the call of God’s name.

Do it again and listen. Breathe in. Breath out. This is God’s name. With each breath, you’re calling to your Creator.

Your inhale makes the sound of YH. Your exhales makes the sound of WH. Together, inhale and exhale, we speak YHWH, the original Hebrew name God revealed of himself to Moses. Your Bible likely adds a few vowels to make a word we can pronounce, Yahew, but God’s intentions were for us to continually breathe his name.

Open your Bibles, let’s check this out!

Moses had an encounter with God in Exodus 3. God appears in a burning bush and calls out, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied. Then God proceeds to tell Moses he is aware of his people’s sufferings and he has come down to rescue them. God says to Moses, “Now go, for I am sending you.”

But Moses protested to God, “Who am I to do this?” God answered, “I will be with you.” But Moses protested again, “The people will ask me who sent me.” So, God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people: YHWH has sent me to you.”

What a bold move for Moses to ask God for his name. He feels so unqualified for this mission. So lacking. The imposter syndrome must have been screaming within him. “Moses, can’t rescue anyone. The last time you tried to help your people, you ended up killing someone. Now you’re running and hiding. There’s no way God is calling you.”

But God says two things to Moses that give him the confidence he needs to step into his purpose.

1. Exodus 3: 14, “I Am Who I Am.” (we studied this yesterday) This means God has no equal. If you put God on one side of the equation, there’s absolutely nothing that can be equal to Him on the other side. God equals Only God.

It has been said that our God is the “becoming one.” I never understood that until I took God being the “I Am” literally. God becomes whatever is lacking in our time of need.

When we say we are too weak, God says I AM your strength.
When we say we are stuck, God says I AM your way out.
When we say we are hurting, God says I AM your healer.
When we say we are in need, God says I AM your provider.

God is mysteriously and miraculously always able to become everything you need. He is continually BECOMING your I AM.

Moses felt completely unqualified, but God is telling him, “I AM QUALIFIED! I have everything you will need. I have the strength. I have the plan. I have the provisions. I have made the way. Trust me, I Am.”

What do you need today? Can you lean in and hear God as he whispers to your soul, “I AM.”

It’s who God is. It’s what he does. It’s his name.

2. Exodus 3:15 (NLT), God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, has sent me to you.”

This is the name Moses’ ancestors have called him by. This wasn’t new. This was the God he has heard about his entire life. He is YHWH.

Moses’ mother’s name was Jochebed which literally meant “YHWH is glory.” And now God is showing Moses, with every breath he takes, he is calling out to God. Inhale, YH. Exhale, WH.

Without vowels, only the consonants of YH and WH, it’s a name we breath. We are literally created to breathe the name of our creator.