Moses and the burning bush is a familiar story for most Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The story is found in the Old Testament of the Bible in the Book of Exodus chapter 3. In the story Moses sees a bush that does not burn up on Mt Horeb and he is overwhelmed with curiosity and goes up the mountain to see this great sight.
The sight ends up being God himself in the bush. God and Moses converse about many things, but Moses asks God to give him his name in case anyone asks who sent him. God replies, tell them I am who I am, tell them I AM sent you. It goes on to say that this is the name that God will be remembered by from generation to generation.
The word I AM in the Hebrew is a variation of the Hebrew name for God, Yahweh. It means self-sustaining, self-sufficient one. Have you ever heard the question that little kids sometimes ask? If God created the world, then who created God? This answers that question by saying that God is self-sustaining. He doesn't need to eat or drink he is what he is because he is, not because of anything else or anyone else...He is.
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