I just started reading Tony Evan's The Power of God's Names the other day. Learning more about the names that God has given Himself is very enlightening for me to know more about who God is. The second name that is discussed in the book is Jehovah - "I Am who I Am" (Exodus 3:13).
Evans said, "When [Yahweh] was translated into English, it became the name which most of us today know it as - Jehovah. So when you hear the name Jehovah, keep in ming that this is the Hebrew name YHWH, meaning 'I am the existing one.'" (page 44)
"I am the existing one"
This is in the present tense. God has always existed and will always exist. There is no beginning or end to God.
God did not have a creator, but He is the Creator.
As Evans points out in the book, each of us could not be here without our parents. It's not possible.
Not only is our existence dependent on our parents, but also on things we might not think about, like oxygen, food, water.
God does not need any of that.
"God is the only truly independent being in the universe because He is the only being who is self-generating" (page 46).
I think this part of the book spoke so strongly to me because I think of my self as a very (sometimes too) independent person. To see that I am dependent on so many things that I wasn't even consciously aware of really helps to me see God better.
He created us to need Him, not just a relationship with Him but also provisions such as oxygen, water, and food. Even the sun contributes because it helps to provide what we need to survive.
We are not self-sufficient creatures, as much as some of us (including me) would like to be. I really don't like having to rely on other people because, in my pride, I think I should be able to do it myself.
I'm learning that it's not bad to let other people help sometimes.
Through reading this chapter, I have realized that:
1) I am not as independent as I thought I was
2) That is not a bad thing
3) God is the only truly independent being
4) That's how it should be
5) We, as humans, are relational, even if we don't always like that fact
6) We all depend on God for our very being
This is just a little bit of what God has been showing me as I read this book. Hopefully God uses it to speak something to you as well.
Thanks for reading.
In God, Emily
Evans said, "When [Yahweh] was translated into English, it became the name which most of us today know it as - Jehovah. So when you hear the name Jehovah, keep in ming that this is the Hebrew name YHWH, meaning 'I am the existing one.'" (page 44)
"I am the existing one"
This is in the present tense. God has always existed and will always exist. There is no beginning or end to God.
God did not have a creator, but He is the Creator.
As Evans points out in the book, each of us could not be here without our parents. It's not possible.
Not only is our existence dependent on our parents, but also on things we might not think about, like oxygen, food, water.
God does not need any of that.
"God is the only truly independent being in the universe because He is the only being who is self-generating" (page 46).
I think this part of the book spoke so strongly to me because I think of my self as a very (sometimes too) independent person. To see that I am dependent on so many things that I wasn't even consciously aware of really helps to me see God better.
He created us to need Him, not just a relationship with Him but also provisions such as oxygen, water, and food. Even the sun contributes because it helps to provide what we need to survive.
We are not self-sufficient creatures, as much as some of us (including me) would like to be. I really don't like having to rely on other people because, in my pride, I think I should be able to do it myself.
I'm learning that it's not bad to let other people help sometimes.
Through reading this chapter, I have realized that:
1) I am not as independent as I thought I was
2) That is not a bad thing
3) God is the only truly independent being
4) That's how it should be
5) We, as humans, are relational, even if we don't always like that fact
6) We all depend on God for our very being
This is just a little bit of what God has been showing me as I read this book. Hopefully God uses it to speak something to you as well.
Thanks for reading.
In God, Emily
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