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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| FATHER OF SPIRITS |
| Hebrews 12:9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? |
| Our next five names of God will include the term “Father”. It seems appropriate that our first verse refers to earthly fathers as a comparison, and brings to mind my own earthly father. He was a man I remember faintly, for he was taken from us when I was very young. I do have a few faint memories of him, and of my interactions with him. He was the authority in my home, the father figure that was larger than life, that would work long days to provide for the family. In my mind, he was perfect. One summer day, when I was home from school, my momma found I had done something wrong and told me to “wait till your father get’s home”. I spent the rest of that day, holed up in my bedroom, worrying about what my father was going to do to me, how he would deal with me. Hours and hours of waiting, until later that night, when he got home, and as he sat in his lazy boy chair with his feet in the air, he called me to his presence. I told him of my error, and understood I had done bad. He looked at me and said, “Don’t do it again”. That was it. I spent what seemed like forever in my mind waiting for the hammer to fall, but when I was in front of him, he showed mercy. This was a microcosm of what I would later start to understand of the mercy of God. Did he understand the trial, the self cleansing, the regret I had been through. Highly doubtful – he was probably just tired and dealt with me quickly so he could have a few minutes of rest. Did he require justice to be enacted to provide forgiveness to me? No – his decision was based most likely on the long day he had and the insignificance of the error in his mind. My story has many inaccuracies of forgiveness that the Father of Spirits provides, but I tell it to speak of the respect I had for my father. The very mention of his name when it came to correction in the home was enough to make a 6 year old boy quiver in his boots! He was taken from me shortly after this experience, but my thoughts of my earthly father circle around the idea of respect and of mercy. The apostle is writing with the very same concern, but to be translated to the Greater Father, the Father of Spirits, the One who is over all of creation. He does not tire, nor consider our actions insignificant. He is ever watching over us as a loving Father. Should we not be subject to Him? He is worthy, and the benefit of life will be granted to us in our subjection to Him! He is good, and He is good all the time! |
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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