A few years ago, I began to really take notice of the names of God. Now, I must confess that I’ve never studied them all in depth, so I’m not an expert on the topic. BUT, as I began to notice the different names God identified as throughout scripture, I realized they were sometimes revealed as the person/people group walked into a new level of intimacy with Him.

As I started to walk more closely with The Lord, He began, and continues, to reveal Himself by His different names. A few years ago I felt God nudging me as a looked at a list of His names, to consider who He was showing Himself to be right then and there in my life. What part of His character was He revealing on a personal level?

As I made my way down the list, Jehovah Shalom practically leapt of of the page at me. I was walking through a season of extreme anxiety and fear, but as I read the name I knew I needed to allow God to get personal with me. He became the Lord of my peace. As I replaced Him with all of the other things that tried to lord over my peace , things like my emotions, my feelings, my opinions, chaos and uncertainty; I got to know Him on a more personal and intimate level. When I struggled to breathe, I declared He was the Lord of my peace. My Jehovah Shalom. When I started to withdraw in fear and anxiety, I prayed scripture. “You, Jehovah Shalom, will keep me in perfect peace because my mind is stayed on You.”

Over the years, as my layers have been peeled back like an onion, I have come to know Him and His character in greater ways. As I’ve walked with many people through the trials of life, and lifted them up in prayer and intercession, I’ve started to search for who He is on their behalf. Jehovah RAPHA, The Lord their healer. “God, touch my friends body and heal her womb….”…. “Lord, I ask for you to heal —— of cancer , to restore, to make new every cell because YOU are The Lord who heals”.

Even now, as our family walks through a dark valley, He is leaning in and revealing another aspect of His character. He is reminding us of His sovereignty, His plans, and His faithfulness. So as the refining fire gets hotter and the crushing more intense, I am able to actually rejoice in the heart knowledge that in all of this, I get to know Him more. I see a little more of His glory, and a lot more of His goodness.

Who do you need God to show Himself as, right now, right where you are? Everything you could ever possibly need on this earth, He is.

El shaddai- Lord God Almighty

El Elyon- Most High God

Adonai- Lord, master

Yahweh- Lord, Jehovah, I am

Jehovah Nissi- The Lord my banner

Jehovah Sabaoth- The Lord of hosts

Jehovah Jireh- The Lord my provider

Jehovah Shalom- The Lord my peace

Jehovah RAPHA- The Lord my healer

Jehovah RAAH – The Lord my shepherd

Jehovah shammah- the Lord is there

Jehovah Tsidkenu- The Lord our righteousness

Jehovah Meloddeshkem- The Lord who sanctifies you

El Olam- the everlasting God

Elohim- God

Qanna- Jealous

“I am convinced that any suffering we endure is less than nothing compared to the magnitude of glory that is about to be unveiled within us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:18‬ ‭TPT‬‬