From Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado
April 1 : Evening
God’s Name
The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need. -Psalm 23:1
“You want to know who God really is?” David asks. “Then read this.” And he writes the name Yahweh. “Yahweh is my shepherd.”
Though foreign to us, the name was rich to David. So rich, in fact, that David chose Yahweh over El Shaddai (God Almighty), El Elyon (God Most High), and El Olam (God Everlasting). These and many other titles for God were at David’s disposal. But when he considered all the options, David chose Yahweh.
Why Yahweh? Because Yahweh is God’s name. You can call me preacher or writer or half-baked golfer – these are accurate descriptions, but these aren’t my names. I might call you dad, mom, doctor, or student, and those terms might describe you, but they aren’t your name. If you want to call me by my name, say Max. If I call you by your name, I say it. And if you want to call God by his name, say Yahweh.
I think the message here is quite simple. God wants to be on a first name basis with us. This something kind of new to me. The concept of being “friends” with God didn’t really hit me until about ten years ago and even then it wasn’t something that happened right away no matter how bad I wanted it. I’m not real sure when exactly it happened that I transitioned from someone trying to attain a relationship with Him to someone who has a relationship with
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