Friday, March 9, 2018

Your Special Name for God


God has many names.  YHWH is the only proper name for God and is translated as LORD in English Bibles. But He also has names which show His attributes such as:

Adonai means "Lord" and is used in place of YHWH
El Shaddai means "God Almighty"
Yahweh-Jireh means "The LORD will provide."
Yahweh-Rapha means "The LORD who heals."
El-Olam means "Everlasting God"
Yahweh-Tsidkenu means "The LORD our righteousness"

But there are special names for God that speak of His relationships with people.

The God of Abraham
The God of Israel
The God of Moses
The God of Joseph

Each name talks about the same God but a totally different relationship which only God and that person knows all about.  The relationship between God and Abraham was a close friendship which we can never understand.

I have a special name for God.  The God of David.  He is my God.  He understands me better than anyone else.  He has blessed me in ways no one else could ever understand.  How I feel about God and how He feels about me is only known by the two of us.

You have a special name for God.  The God of (your name).  He is your God.  The two of you have a relationship with each other that even the closest person in your life could never completely understand.  This is the name of God that only you can use with complete understanding.

"The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.  He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."  Zephaniah 3:17



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