A name
represent a person. Parents name their
children according to their expectation to the kids. Most people live up to their names.
In
Exodus, God asked Moses to lead the Israelite out of slavery in Egypt and go to
the Promised Land. Moses asked God
saying – “Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
So what
is God’s name?
Exodus
3:14 “And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM; and He said, Thus you shall say to
the sons of Israel, “I AM” has sent me to you”
God’s
name is “I AM”. This is how God called
Himself. When we say His name we will
say “HE IS”.
O.K.
so what?
In
Exodus 3:15: God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The Lord,
the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is
My memorial-name to all generations.
We
know God is love, God is righteous and even Jehovah Shalom (LORD is
Peace). But why “I AM” or “HE IS”?
It
means God is EVERYTHING. Jehovah Shalom
is only one aspect of God. It cannot truly
describe God.
This
has special meaning to me. God is EVERYTHING
that he can be my coach, teacher, counselor ….
Do you
have such faith to trust that God is EVERYTHING?
Hebrews
11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
We
must have faith to please God. Well
faith in what? The faith is that we
believe that his name is “He is”. Hebrews
11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things
not seen”.
As a
person experience, I like Chinese Kung Fu/Martial Arts and I can even say I have
a passion on Kung Fu. I have to say I am
a peaceful man. I like Kung Fu as a
sport and it is amazing to see how the Kung Fu master issue the force to expel
people a few feet away. Well, I never
have a chance to find a master to learn Kung Fu from. 15 years ago I have a good opportunity to
learn from a Master but the class was in Sunday morning. I have to worship God on Sunday morning so I
passed out this opportunity.
But then I
ask God to be my Kung Fu master.
And
sure enough God had honored me since I have honored Him to forsake my personal
interest so that I can worship Him on Sunday.
God show me insights on various aspect of Kung Fu and I can say I have
certain “knowledge” on Kung Fu.
God is
EVERYTHING. I encourage you to explore
this aspect of God.