"Our Father in heaven…" Matthew 6:9
Greetings in the name of
the Lord! Another blessed day in the
Lord. Praise His name for He is worthy
of our praise. I pray that Lord will use
my effort to bless each of you reading this blog and those you will share it
with and that it will bring honor and glory to God.
It was my intent to move
onto the next part of the Lord’s Prayer to continue this series, but I really
feel that I have not covered the first part enough. “Our Father in heaven,” (Matthew 6:9 NIV) is
therefore, our Daddy who hears our prayers.
I do not know your earthly
relationship with your dad. I have a
close relationship with mine, so I will base this on my experience. My daddy is a strong and stoic man. I have always felt safe in his presence, I
always felt loved, and yet I always had a reverent fear of my dad. I was not afraid of him; I had a respectful
fear. But I always felt he would provide
for me, he would protect me, he would take care of me. Our Father in heaven has made these promises
and more. In our Father’s perfection
these are perfectly done on a cosmic scale.
I want to list out the
names of God, which are also some of God’s attributes. These are the names of the God who hears our
prayer:
El Shaddai: Lord God Almighty
El Elyon: The Most High God
Adonai: Lord, Master
Yahweh: Lord, Jehovah
Jehovah Nissi: The Lord my banner
Jehovah-Raah: The Lord my
Shepherd
Jehovah Rapha: I am the Lord who
heals
Jehovah Shammah: The Lord is
there
Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord our
righteousness
Jehovah Mekoddishkem: The Lord
who sanctifies you
Jehovah Jireh: The Lord will
provide
Jehovah Shalom: The Lord is peace
Jehovah Sabaoth: The Lord of
hosts
El Olam: The everlasting God
Elohim: God
Qanna: Jealous
The names alone are worth
a study, but I wanted to illustrate that this is who you are talking with in
prayer. So when you say “Our Father in
heaven” what you are saying is something like this: Our Father the Lord God Almighty, the most
High God, Lord and Master, Lord my Banner (of victory) and Shepherd who heals,
the Lord who is there, my righteousness, my sanctifier, Everlasting God,
Jealous God who provides, who gives peace, the Lord of hosts in heaven, Hallowed
be Your Name…
This is only a glimpse of
our Father--only some of His attributes.
He is the Creator of all things. He
is my Daddy who hears me.
God bless
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