What's In A Name?

Have you ever sat and thought about the names given for God in the Bible and what they mean for you and I? At a friend’s church I was visiting in Chicago last weekend, they asked men to come up and read Bible verses during the worship service that spoke on the different names of God. I was overwhelmed as I listen to them read, just dwelling on the power of His names. Think of what they mean to you as you read a few...

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”-Isaiah 9:6

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.”-John 10:14-15

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”-John 14:6

“So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?’”-Hebrews 13:6

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”-Psalm 18:2

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” -which means “God with us.”-Matthew 1:23

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”-Revelation 1:8

So what are we to do with His name? First of all, we need to believe on His name. We are to praise His name, gather together in His name, find comfort, strength, peace...in His name. Proclaim His name, pray and call out to His name! Take time and look up some verses for yourself (there is an abundance). A relationship between two parties is spending time together and getting to know each other. God’s names reveal things about Him and help us know Him more as James 4:8 says, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you...”