"I AM" is the answer to the ultimate philosophical question, "Why is there something rather than nothing?" All contingent reality finds its source in the one necessary being, the great "I AM."

Exodus 3:14 (ESV)

For Moses (a fearful fugitive) and Israel (a nation of slaves), this name was a promise. The eternal, unchanging, all-powerful God was committing His very nature to their cause. He would be for them what He has always been: powerful, faithful, and saving.