Women In Discipleship
Weekly Devotionals for 2009
TO BEAR HIS NAME Weekly Insights into the Names of God
(Taken from the To Bear HIs Name Study by Sandra J. Mikler Davis)
This year we have been looking at the names of God:
- January - ADONAI = our Sovereign Ruler; Almighty Master; Lord over all!!
- February - JEHOVAH = He is Self-existent, Eternal, Righteous, Holy, and YHWH-I = AM WHO I AM.
- March - ELOHIM = He is the Creator God; actively involved in the world He made.
- April - EL ELYON = signifies the exaltedness, supremacy, and overwhelming majesty of His deity.
- May - EL ROI = the all-seeing God
- June - EL SHADDAI = God Almighty, complete, perfect; having integrity
We have completed half our journey of discovery into the continued vastness of majesty and awe that is our Jehovah – LORD. As we continue to study the names of Jehovah, it is my prayer that you will see more clearly just what wonder is ours when He reveals the perfection of His holiness in the time and space in which we live. This is done through His Holy Spirit working in us - for His glory.
Jehovah Tsidkenu - Week OneThis Hebrew noun means: LORD our Righteousness; altogether Righteous.
This month we will glimpse into the lens of what Righteousness is to look like.
Zodiates in his Lexicon of the Old Testament states:
The decision of a judge is to be made according to the truth and without partiality.
The LORD states in Leviticus 19:15:
You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
APPLICATION:
- When God looks at me, does He see who I really am?
- Am I depending on my good works to gain eternal life, or am I depending upon the only One who is perfectly Righteous?
- How am I demonstrating impartiality in my dealings with others?
Sandra Davis, for the team at Women in Discipleship (sm)
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