What is His Name?
Exodus 3:13-14 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" God said to Moses, "I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'
A question that has resounded through thousands of years among the hearts and minds of people is this one question about God. “What is his Name?” The concept of God has been prevalent from the beginning of age; however this one question has had numerous controversies & fights across the globe. Philosophers have construed their thoughts about God, religious teachers have come up with their conclusions, and some have even thrown the name of God out of their life and thinking. And there are also many who just do not even care about God.
The name of an individual gives an identity to an individual or communicates the character of that person. If we are searching for a person we need to know their name, otherwise we will never find that person. Just last week we met a new family and they asked my two boys their names. Both of them immediately mentioned their names, since they wanted to communicate their identity to the new person. Don’t you think God too is interested in communicating his identity to us when we ask?
It is interesting to note here that Moses is asking God, what is your name? A very valid question! God answers this question promptly. He says my name is “I AM”. These three alphabets communicate a whole lot about God. The Hebrew meaning for this is “to be in existence” or the “self existent one”. It is interesting to note that throughout the Bible; especially the Old Testament the name of God is mostly referred by his character, his nature, and his identity. He is called Jehovah-Rophe – The God who heals; Jehovah-Jireh –The God who provides; El Shaddai – The God all sufficient….Yahweh (Jehovah in English, which means Lord) is the covenant name of God which occurs 6823 times in the Old Testament.
I believe that the God said, “I AM” because that was the best expression that He could give to our limited mind to comprehend the unlimited God. He is a God who is all powerful and all knowing. As long as we are on this earth we can only comprehend a small portion of His Almighty nature. The Bible says in Isaiah 55:9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”.
No matter how big God is, He is always open to allow each one of us to know more of Him. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100:5. God is standing on our doorsteps waiting for us to ask Him His name. All we need to do is ask! Then you will see how God reveals his salvation for you, through Jesus (which means Jehovah is salvation).
Stanley Samuel
Associate
A question that has resounded through thousands of years among the hearts and minds of people is this one question about God. “What is his Name?” The concept of God has been prevalent from the beginning of age; however this one question has had numerous controversies & fights across the globe. Philosophers have construed their thoughts about God, religious teachers have come up with their conclusions, and some have even thrown the name of God out of their life and thinking. And there are also many who just do not even care about God.
The name of an individual gives an identity to an individual or communicates the character of that person. If we are searching for a person we need to know their name, otherwise we will never find that person. Just last week we met a new family and they asked my two boys their names. Both of them immediately mentioned their names, since they wanted to communicate their identity to the new person. Don’t you think God too is interested in communicating his identity to us when we ask?
It is interesting to note here that Moses is asking God, what is your name? A very valid question! God answers this question promptly. He says my name is “I AM”. These three alphabets communicate a whole lot about God. The Hebrew meaning for this is “to be in existence” or the “self existent one”. It is interesting to note that throughout the Bible; especially the Old Testament the name of God is mostly referred by his character, his nature, and his identity. He is called Jehovah-Rophe – The God who heals; Jehovah-Jireh –The God who provides; El Shaddai – The God all sufficient….Yahweh (Jehovah in English, which means Lord) is the covenant name of God which occurs 6823 times in the Old Testament.
I believe that the God said, “I AM” because that was the best expression that He could give to our limited mind to comprehend the unlimited God. He is a God who is all powerful and all knowing. As long as we are on this earth we can only comprehend a small portion of His Almighty nature. The Bible says in Isaiah 55:9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”.
No matter how big God is, He is always open to allow each one of us to know more of Him. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100:5. God is standing on our doorsteps waiting for us to ask Him His name. All we need to do is ask! Then you will see how God reveals his salvation for you, through Jesus (which means Jehovah is salvation).
Stanley Samuel
Associate
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