And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am
the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but
by My name LORD I was not known to them. Exodus
6:2-3
As God has walked with
His people through the generations, He has progressively revealed His nature
according to His purposes and the needs of His people. Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob knew Him as God Almighty, because they needed His mighty power to protect
them from their enemies. Moses and the Israelites learned that God was Lord,
Master over every nation and every thing. God not only delivered them from the
most powerful ruler in the world, but also brought them into the Promised Land.
They came to experience Him as Lord, preeminently powerful over the pagan gods
of their day.
God will continue to
reveal His character to you according to your needs and according to His
purposes. You will come to know more and more about Him as you obey Him. When
you grieve, He will come to you as Comforter. When you are in need, He will
demonstrate that He is the Provider. When you face a serious challenge, He will
reveal that He is God Almighty.
Your understanding of
God’s character ought to be greater now than when you first became a Christian.
You ought to know Him today better than you did five years ago. Sadly, some
Christians continue to live year after year with the same basic knowledge of
God that they had when they first began walking with him. Whatever your present
situation, view it in the light of what God is teaching you, through circumstances,
about Himself and you will come to know God in dimensions you have never known
Him before.
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