Who has God shown himself to be in your life? Perhaps I should say… Who have you allowed God to show himself to be in your life? ‘Who’ is incredibly important because it sets the foundation of your relationship with God. Have you allowed Him to be Who He says He is? Do you relegate Him to only part of your life or does He infuse all of you? Is He ‘out there’ or in you? God is. But Who is He? Have you taken the time to discover who He says He is?
God tells us in His Word Who He is – the questions are: 1- do you believe He is Who He says He is? 2- do you ‘allow’ Him be Who He says? Both are critical to answer for yourself. The first question begins your understanding but it has to be followed with your acting on this (#2). He never lightly tells us who He is but reinforces it over and over so this evidence will convince us. And he doesn’t use only one medium of information – He shows us in His Word, He shows us in others’ lives, He shows us in our lives… all we have to do is see. Are we willing to?
God has given Himself many names. I believe the reason is so that we can know Him in the fullness of Who He says He is. He has defined, described and demonstrated Himself as: El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty, All-Sufficient One), Jehovah Jireh (Our Provider), Jehovah-Raah (The Lord My Shepherd), El Elyon (The Most High God), Adonai (Lord, Master), Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah), plus many other descriptive names. The point, in my thinking, is to give us more understanding of the breadth, height, depth of Who He is. Without our willingness to see, we can miss His involvement.
At the close of your day, do you ever take the time to review and see His hand in and on your life? Do you see any of the manifestations of His name? What does this teach you about Who He is? What does this tell you about the depth of the relationship He wants with you? I find myself awestruck when I see Who He is. And… I delight in discovering how and when He manifested Himself in my day. God has many names… it really is unfortunate when we don’t allow Him to express Himself in our lives.
