"I admit that I'm a bit headstrong, but I don't like taking orders. Anyway, why should I take orders ...do they care about my feelings?"
El-Shaddai does nourish me and take care of my needs. If I only trust that, it improves the order of things. Even in old age, Abraham and Sarah were shown how old can bring the nourishment experienced in the youth ...by only trusting in Him (Genesis 17).
Jehovah-Jireh does provide for me. When Abraham was faced with one of the most difficult things that anyone could ever be asked to go through ...yes, our God does care and provide. (Genesis 22:1-14)
"With all this thirst for control, controlling me, and carrying this idea that it is for my own good ...just doesn't fly with me."
Jehovah-Rapha heals these feelings of bitterness, anxiety, and anger. Having fled persecution, and feeling the sting of rejection ...they don't seem to realize it is their own anxiety which causes them to be the one who is doing the rejection. They are not trusting the One who can cure their thirst, remedy their dry paths, and bring sweetness back to their lives ...the One who does accept them, and who has saved them. (Exodus 15:26)
"Does anyone understand my pain? Do they see what I've had to go through?? Even when I do what I'm told to do, I get the brunt of everything that goes wrong. No one needs that!"
El-Roi sees my pain and looks to my injustices, letting me know they don't go unnoticed. When Hagar did what she was told, as a servant, she was made out to be the bad one. But, in Genesis 16, Hagar is shown that God has seen the injustice and will provide for her.
"Yes, I know I'm not the only one who feels alone ...but no one is there for me. I'm just going to have to do as I see fit."
Jehovah-Shammah is always there for me. (Ezekiel 48:35 ...our God takes care of details we often are not even aware of.
"No one is going to help me fight these problems. I'm going to have to work it all out for myself. I'm going to have to take what I need for myself."
Jehovah-Nissi carries the banner that waves through the wind of all my problems, and sees me through to victory ...through Him.
Also, Jehovah-Tsidkenu ...speaks of the Righteous One, Jesus.
Exodus 20:5-6, gives us Qanna, jealous out of love for us, and wanting the best for us.
I Samuel 1:3, speaks of Jehovah-Sabaoth, our God of hosts; Judges 6:24 speaks of the realization of peace with the mention of Jehovah-Shalom; Exodus 31:13 stresses the importance of keeping the sanctity, without it being stressful, Jehovah-Mekoddishkem; Psalm 23, as in many of the psalms, shows Jehovah-Raah as our loving shepherd, the Good Shepherd; and many more include: Yaheweh, Adonai, El-Elyon, Elohim, and El-Olam.
All these references are shared with us in the Bible, to let us know more about God ...and it is not a physical description, nor is it actually a set point in time, as God is eternal and not constrained by time, nor does He change with time.
Any change is for us, and because of us ...and any set event in time is for that time, which can be considered significant or can be dismissed by us. How we react to those events, and how we formulate the reasoning of our minds around them ...leads us to prepare for futurre choices we make, as we set our lives by them and build upon them. This is how we seem to learn best, and how we get to know things by events ...but, by themselves, these events of our own personal experience should not guide our lives. Experience of a personal nature may be among the highest and most valued events in our lives ...yet, there must be more than that.
Many experiences may not be understood ...especially if we are upset, and our emotions carry us: "I understand all right! I can see pure and simple what's going on here!"
And often we feel we've heard enough, and don't want anyone trying to explain it to us ...as we feel they are only going to deny what we already know. Trust is diminished, and we are not going to embarrass ourselves anymore ...allowing others to laugh at our naivety or vulnerability.
But, if we think we have problems now, it's beyond belief what can happen if we move beyond belief. Never should we let doubt gain a foothold for the sake of laughter, ridicule, or other forms of embarrassment. Foremost, we should remember the price Jesus paid ...and we can afford to endure an occasional display of public ignorance at our expense.
God is always there ...and He wants to guide and govern our lives. He wants to live with us, and within us. The distance created, or the separation, called sin, which works ill against us living healthy lives ...is of our doing. The beginning Chapters of Ezekiel reveals to us how much it is of our doing, and God does not quickly say He's had enough of us. It would be so great if we could only show such reluctance in creating that separation from Him.
The departure of God's glory from the temple is solemnly narrated by the prophet Ezekiel. Step by step, the glory of God departs slowly from His house, seen in vision by the prophet, manifesting the reluctance of God to leave the midst of His people where He had dwelt. The glory departed to the threshold of the house (Ezekiel 9:3; Ezekiel 10:4), then departed from there to stand over the cherubims . . . at the door of the east gate of the Lord's house (Ezekiel 10:18,10), and the last sight of the divine glory at the time of its departure is when the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city" (Ezekiel 11:23).
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