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Saturday, November 26, 2005

DO WE TRUST IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD

In Jewish thought, a name is not merely an arbitrary designation, a random combination of sounds. The name conveys the nature and essence of the thing named. It represents the history and reputation of the being named. You can see this in there names although scripture , so God took His name and did the same to show us how complete He is.

This is not as strange or unfamiliar a concept as it may seem at first glance. In English, we often refer to a person's reputation as his "good name." When a company is sold, one thing that may be sold is the company's "good will," that is, the right to use the company's name. The Hebrew concept of a name is very similar to these ideas.

JEHOVAH-JIREH: "The Lord will Provide." Gen. 22:14.

JEHOVAH-ROPHE: "The Lord Who Heals" Ex. 15:22-26.
JEHOVAH-NISSI: "The Lord Our Banner." Ex. 17:15..
JEHOVAH-M'KADDESH: "The Lord Who Sanctifies" Lev. 20:8
JEHOVAH-SHALOM: "The Lord Our Peace" Judges 6:24.

JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU: "The Lord Our Righteousness" Jer. 23:5,
JEHOVAH-ROHI: "The Lord Our Shepherd" Psa. 23,
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH: "The Lord is There" (Ezek. 8:35)

JEHOVAH-SABAOTH: "The Lord of Hosts". Isa. 1:24;

Are you weak in faith? Do you sometimes find yourself flagging? Do you sometimes wonder whether the life of faith is worth it? Jesus knows you. He knows your temperament, your tendencies and your circumstances. He can help you completely in that weakness , but do we trust Him. Do we believe in His name as the foundation of our life.

God, who sees the heart, is not looking at outward performance; he knows what is going on. He knows the selfishness, the greed, the grasping, the self-centeredness, the ruthlessness with which we cut people out and harm those we profess to love. He sees all the maneuvering and manipulating, the clever arranging that goes on in our lives and in our hearts.


Therefore, to his purposes, that beautiful performance is utterly invalid, worthless, to God. That is why the sense of righteousness that results from our performance before men never lasts. It is but a temporary shot in the arm that we need to repeat again and again, almost as though we were addicted to it. But it will always let us down in the hour of crisis. It is only the righteousness that comes from God that is lasting and will work -- not only in time, but for all eternity.

God said that He will give us new names , I believe that He will do that because we will be more like His Son. You see my name would never fit in heaven if it wasn’t for the Cross. I will trust in His name .

Proverbs 3:5-7
5
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.



15 Comments:

At 11:11 AM, Blogger Kc said...

Great post.

 
At 1:26 PM, Blogger forgiven said...

Thanks KC

 
At 9:57 PM, Blogger Rose~ said...

I love the study of the names of God. Thanks for posting that.

 
At 10:08 PM, Blogger forgiven said...

Thanks Rose
aways
Blessed by your visit

 
At 11:42 AM, Blogger Matthew Celestine said...

Sound stuff.

 
At 11:55 AM, Blogger mark pierson said...

Good name.
Good post.
Good new picture of yourself.
Good friend.
Goodbye.

 
At 7:18 AM, Blogger forgiven said...

Thank You Bluecollar for your kindness

 
At 8:30 PM, Blogger Antonio said...

Greetings.

Have you ever considered that the "new name" of Rev 2:17 is actually a "reward" for the manisfestly victorious Christian rather than for every Christian indiscriminately? Jesus says He reserves the white stone with the name of it for those who "overcome".

God bless you

Antonio

Come view my blog sometime!

 
At 10:09 PM, Blogger forgiven said...

Antonio
Thank You for Coming and your words

 
At 4:19 AM, Blogger Live, Love, Laugh said...

Hello Forgiven, thanks for visiting my blog! I will be back to read more of your posts. I do agree about names having meaning, each and every one that God renamed He did so for a reason! God Bless you!!!

 
At 6:12 AM, Blogger Ron said...

Forgiven,

I saw your post on Kc's blog and came to visit yours. Wow! I can personally identify with this. In 1994, my wife was pregnant with our fourth child. We were trying to decide what to name the child, thinking of names for boys and girls. Then, one Sunday, our pastor gave a message on how we do not seek the Lord when deciding what to name our children. I went home that night and prayed and the Lord spoke to me clearly. I named the child by faith, refusing to have sonograms or anything to determine the sex of the child. The name the Lord gave me was Stephen Andrew. Now, I will be the first to admit when my wife was in labor, the question popped into my mind "what if it is a girl?" "Should I name her Stephanie Andrea?" Well, the Lord is good, and he certainly looked past that moment! Please feel free to stop by my blog as well; I love the company!

 
At 6:19 AM, Blogger Joe said...

His is the NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES.

Good post and great thoughts.

 
At 8:46 AM, Blogger forgiven said...

Thanks LLL
I will visit You soon
God Bless

 
At 8:48 AM, Blogger forgiven said...

Thank Ron for your kind remarks

God Bless your day

 
At 8:52 AM, Blogger forgiven said...

Joe
I am Bless that You stopped by and Thank You for Your wisdom . I always look forward to your writing.

May the Lord Kiss your Day with Kindness

 

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