Psalm 5:11 talks about God's protection over those who love HIS name...as I read that I thought that I have to know HIS names to be able to love them! To be able to love a name, any name, you have to have some sense of understanding. For Diane and I there is deep meaning in the names of our children...we love them and we love their names...we know them and we know their names.
How well do you know HIM and have you ever gazed upon HIS magnificently glorious names?
Psalm 5:11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
Psalm 8 speaks to the majesty of God's name in all the earth! Psalm 8:1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. One day I know that Habakkuk 2:14 will be true..."For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea." Until that day for some amazing reason God has ordained that HIS children tell of the glory and majesty of HIM and HIS name. Remember 1 Pet 2:9? "You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Psalm 9:10 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Let the names begin!
Elohim (el lo him’) Simply Elohim means HE is God!
The Strong, Faithful, and Only True God
“In the beginning God" (Gen. 1:1).
The almighty Creator identifies Himself as Elohim (usually translated “God”), which is a plural name signifying God’s preeminence nature. This name is used more than 2,500 times in the Old Testament. Elohim, our gives us life and breath to praise Him. "Let everything that has breath, praise the LORD."
Frequently in the Old Testament when you see a false god, the word "god," in the Hebrew is El. El is singular and Elohim is plural.
His majestic power was displayed at the creation...when Elohim speaks things happen, things that were not come into being, when HE speaks the flood waters come to judge the world and various plagues to deliver the Israelites from slavery. It was Elohim who established the covenant with Abraham and his descendants and whose finger wrote the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone.
Elohim is worthy of our worship, praise and adoration because HE is the almighty Creator who faithfully keeps all HIS promises, HE is the all sufficient God who keeps and sustains HIS creation and HIS creatures. “The Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords...Fear the Lord your God and worship Him and cling to Him. He is your God, the one who is worthy of your praise” (Deuteronomy 10:17, 20, 21).
Father in heaven,
In the precious NAME of Jesus please grant us wisdom to press in to know YOU through YOUR names, to completely and absolutely place our trust and faith in you and to seek YOU with all our heart, soul, mind and strength...Psalm 9:10 And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Do this for YOUR glory and our JOY in YOU!
love,
m