My hope is that this series will offer my readers a chance to consider the names, characteristics and descriptions of our God in the Word.
The remaining Names of God in this series might be considered descriptors, or characteristics of the Lord. We have reviewed the three primary Names of God, along with nineteen compound Names of God in our previous posts. As we venture through these descriptors of our God, I hope we will recognize all the many characteristics of our God that we tend to take for granted.
The Word is truly rich with descriptions of the Living God, and this effort of searching in the Word was quite illuminating. He truly is the ultimate subject of the Word, and His revelation of self-descriptions, or the accolades offered Him by His priests, prophets, kings apostles and faithful truly is a blessing.
May the Name of the Lord be praised, and by thinking on His name, may you have a blessed day.
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| EVERLASTING ROCK |
| Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. |
| This name is one more description of our God with the Hebrew term olam used to describe Him. As a matter of fact, there will be a total of eight Names of God that include the this Hebrew word. For those who may find this post and not have been following the series, check some of my earlier posts to consider what the message is, and how it may be understood. Or do a search on eternal/everlasting within this blog. For our God to be called an everlasting rock, at first seems to be a misnomer, for what rock have you ever found that is not from antiquity. If we believe the scientists who say they know, rocks have been in existence for 13.8 billion (or is it trillion) years. That kinda smacks of everlasting. And if we understand the law of the conservation of matter, the rock (or at least it’s components) will always exist. But all of this is simply restricted thinking, since both these statements above cannot prove their claim, as in the age of the rock, nor has the law of conservation considered anything outside of creation in their theory. Both statements remove God from the analysis, and come up short for the sake of the believer. Let me clarify one point. To be honest, the conservation of matter is an important theory by which mankind can see the faithfulness of God in the stability of creation. At least it should bring a man to a humility when he observes this consistency in creation, but I fear we have lost humility before God, and replaced it with a pride of knowledge – So sad. But I digress! For our God to be called a Rock, is to call Him as the One who is stable, immovable, unchanging and of great weight. He is the everlasting Rock, the God who is the same yesterday, today and forever, never changing in His character, in His nature, in His abilities, unless by voluntarily abdicating His privilege’s for a greater purpose. The concept of God as being of great weight may make you think I am thinking pounds, tons and grams. My friend – this is not my thought when I bring the concept of great weight to your thoughts. For a rock to have great weight many also bring the idea of influence, or even authority. Let me tell you a short story, about a your husband who was trying to supply for his family, and found an odd job digging out material from beside a house foundation. I spent the better part of the morning and most of the afternoon laboring away, until I hit a large rock aprox. equal to my hip when in the hole. My job was to excavate along the foundation, and the rock was in the way. Eventually I freed the rock from the material surrounding it, and as gravity would have it, the rock “influenced my movements” until a co-worker returned to the site. Yes, it pinned me to the wall, and though it was a heavy sucker, what I remember most is that it influenced my ability to move. I was locked up, helpless and without any hope until someone came to my rescue. That inanimate rock influenced me, made it’s will dominant over mine, and stopped me from completing my work. Our God is the Everlasting Rock, and His influence steers our lives. Sometimes against our will, sometimes with our will, sometimes to change our will. But His influence is very real, especially if you open your eyes to the many times you may have been frustrated with life, or found disappointment with your circumstances, or needed to change your mind due to circumstances beyond your control. You see, He is in control, and as the Everlasting Rock, He is a shelter for us, a foundation for us, a stability for our lives, but He is also the great influence. He is the Rock. Matthew 21:44 And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” Consider the Rock, and how you relate to Him. Until we come to understand He is the the One who has the greater weight, the greater influence, the final decider, we are be on very shaky ground. Don’t let the Rock crush you simply because of stubbornness. |
I would love to hear of your favorite name, characteristic or description of the Living God. Please leave me a comment, and I will include it in the list!
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