A Weekly Devotional – GOD – Personal Meditation

A Weekly Devotional – GOD – Personal Meditation

Comment: Do you have a name for God? If you do not have a name for Him, I have a few suggestions. The man Moses was called by God to go Pharaoh the ruler in Egypt and ask for the release of the Israelites who were enslaved to the Egyptians for four hundred years. Moses was fearful to do this for a few reasons; (1) he was a wanted man in Egypt. (2) He was an Israelite who ran away after killing an Egyptian. (3) Moses stuttered when he spoke. The Israelites did not like Moses as he had been raised by Pharaoh’s daughter some forty years earlier and had been educated in the best schools of Egypt. If you are not familiar with the early life of Moses you might read Exodus, chapters 1 and 2. 

Devotional: God’s children do not start out at birth knowing God and many of them take ungodly paths before He gets their attention. Even while they may recognize God as Creator as Moses did, he like most men chose to do things, their own way. Surely you know what I mean; I have said many time in the past, “It is MY WAY or the Highway.” God, and many people did not like “My Way” so I took the Highway a lot! Get the picture? So many children of God at mid-age in life have a ‘burning bush’ encounter with their Creator, Praise God! I am sure Moses praised the LORD of heaven a time or two, notice his song in Exodus 15:1-19.

Before going to Pharaoh, Moses asked God the following question: Exodus 3:13-14 – Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and to say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, ‘What is His Name?’ What shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God was giving His identity to Moses as, THE SELF-EXISTING ONE. As the events in history unfold in the tribes of Israel, God clearly identifies His Sovereign Name.

Again, Exodus 3:14 – He is (Chabod-hayah), the Self-Existing (Adonai) Sovereign God; in Exodus 6:3 – He is (El Shaddai), the Almighty comforter. In these early chapters of Exodus God reveals His Total Character with His Trustworthy Names. Like, Yahweh (Jehovah), meaning, He is LORD, He is our COMFORT, our BLESSING, our PERSONAL CARE and PRESENCE. He is our EVERLASTING STRENGTH, our COMMANDER of the heavenly ARMIES. God is our HEALER, physical and spiritual. He is our PEACE, our RIGHTEOUSNESS, He is our SANCTIFIER. And lastly, He is YAHWEH NISSI, meaning God is a protective BANNER over all of His children.

To sum this up in a few words, God’s Name is: First – CREATOR, Second – SAVIOR, Third – LORD, Four – Father. You cannot KNOW or RELATE to the Sovereign GOD, if you do not know Him in that ORDER. In the Revelation, chapter 14:6-7 we read the following; “Then I saw (Apostle John is speaking) another angel in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth – to every tribe, tongue and people – saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come, and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Cease being an “earth dweller” and know that while God has many names, He is ONE God who reveals Himself to us in ways that challenge our, FAITH.