Today I am just going to quote from the author of TRUSTING IN THE NAMES OF GOD, Catherine Martin, from page 132 in the book. There is just so much in this little passage, I wanted you to read it all just as she wrote it.
"WHEN God revealed Himself to Abram as God Almighty, He was also proclaiming a new name for Himself, El Shaddai. El Shaddai means "God, the powerful one" or "God the mighty one." As a divine name, Shaddai or El Shaddai is used 48 times in the Old Testament, 31 occurring in the book of Job. Shaddai comes from the Hebrew root, shad, meaning "breast," and gives us a precious metaphor, presenting God as "the one who nourishes, supplies and satisfies." In El Shaddai, we learn that God possesses all power, unlimited supply, and infinite blessing. He is the all-sufficient one, the omnipotent God who has never-ending bounty for His people. G. Campbell Morgan calls El Shaddai the "God all-bountiful" or "God all-sufficient," derived from the literal meaning of "the mighty one of resource or sufficiency." "
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment