The Names of God

Knowing God.....this must be and is the most important endeavor of our human existence.  The question being: "What is the chief end of man?"  The answer: "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever."  How can we glorify a God that we don't really know, I mean "know" as in an intimate relationship with Him.  It is not enough to know about God, but we must know him if we are to adequately praise and worship and fall in love with the One who Loved us first.

We must run hard after God, we must seek Him with all of our heart and soul and strength, we must find God, we must know Him.  For it is with this expanse of the Knowledge of God, how well we know Him that is in direct proportion as to the depth of Joy we will find IN Him, and the purest way in which we will Worship Him.

There are many ways to know God.  I am going to embark on a Journey on one of those paths.  For the next few weeks or months or until the Spirit guides me in a different direction I will be studying the Names of God.

Nathan Stone points out: "...that we can only enjoy God to the degree that we know Him.  Little knowledge translates into little spiritual power or life.  Learning about God's names and titles offers us a fresh way of encountering God, and sensing His presence in our lives."

Over the next few weeks we will discover and explore the Names of God such as El-Shaddai (God Almighty), Adonai (Lord and Master), Jehovah-jireh (The LORD who provides), and Jehovah-rophe (The LORD who heals).  These are just a few examples.  Did you know that there are 23 compound names of God found in Scripture and more than 40 compound names of Jehovah.  I am not promising that we will cover them all, but the excitement of delving into just a few is overwhelming.

How great is our God and how Glorious is His Name in all the earth.  I invite you on this life-changing journey into the most intimate characteristics of God revealed to people in the Old Testament and the New Testament as they were needed.  We will be blessed as they were blessed.  We are treading on sacred ground....take off your sandals and let's get started.

                              Dear Lord,  we ask that you bless us with your presence as we endeavor to seek you God with everything we have.  May we acknowledge that you are the God of the Universe, who is mighty to be praised, and whose Name is above all Names.  Let us draw nigh unto you, to love you, to praise you, to worship you, to trust you and to truly fall in love with you.  May you reveal to us all that we may comprehend about who you are, your majesty, your glory, your holiness and Awe.  May we live our lives according to that which, through the Spirit, you have enabled us to know.  For it is in Jesus' Name we pray, Amen