JEHOVAH (2)

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.” John 1v6 (AMP)

Names are important to God. Through names He reveals Himself to His people. His name Jehovah “means the Self-Existing or Eternal One who keeps covenant and fulfills promises” (Dakes Concordance). What promises of God are you holding on to dear one? Numbers 23v19 (AMP) says “God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good?” While Abraham knew God as El-Shaddai – the “Strong-Nourisher, Strength-Giver, Satisfier, and All-Bountiful, the Supplier of the needs of His people” (Dakes Concordance), He did not live to see the total fulfillment of all that God had promised concerning his generations e.g. having descendants as the sand of the sea yet, he began to see the fulfillment of God’s promises to him with the birth of Isaac in his old age. Beloved, have faith in the Lord Jehovah. Hold onto His promises, which find fulfillment in Christ (2 Corinthians 1v20). Romans 4v18-25 (TLB) says “So, when God told Abraham that He would give him a son who would have many descendants and become a great nation, Abraham believed God even though such a promise just couldn’t come to pass! And because his faith was strong, he didn’t worry about the fact that he was too old to be a father at the age of one hundred, and that Sarah his wife, at ninety, was also much too old to have a baby. But Abraham never doubted. He believed God, for his faith and trust grew ever stronger, and he praised God for this blessing even before it happened. He was completely sure that God was well able to do anything He promised. And because of Abraham’s faith God forgave his sins and declared him “not guilty.” Now this wonderful statement – that he was accepted and approved through his faith – wasn’t just for Abraham’s benefit. It was for us, too, assuring us that God will accept us in the same way He accepted Abraham – when we believe the promises of God who brought back Jesus our Lord from the dead. He died for our sins and rose again to make us right with God, filling us with God’s goodness.”

Prayer

Father we honour You. We thank You because You are a covenant keeping God. We thank You for Your every promise to us and we praise You for their fulfillment, knowing You are more than able to do all that You have promised. Blessed be Your holy name forevermore in Jesus name, amen.