| Don't Be a Name-dropper | | | | than just an intellectual knowledge of it. He was about |
| Being a name-dropper isn't a good thing in the truest | | | | to reveal himself to me as Jehovah-Jireh by providing |
| sense of the word. A name-dropper is a person who | | | | a new job and career. God miraculously brought a job |
| seeks to impress others by frequently mentioning or | | | | to us from another state! |
| "dropping" a famous or important person's name | | | | God also showed me something in the story of |
| around, as if they were close to them. Sometimes | | | | Abraham and Isaac that I had never known before. |
| people "drop" various names of God in conversation to | | | | Jehovah-Jireh actually means, "In the place I will |
| impress others. The truth is that they have only heard | | | | provide". Abraham had to be in the right place at the |
| of the name and have not experienced the name! | | | | right time for God to provide the ram. God's revelation |
| In the Bible, God would reveal one of his names to | | | | to me is that our obedience is an essential part of |
| someone as he met a particular need they had. God | | | | God's provision! We obediently waited for God's |
| would introduce a new facet of himself through | | | | provision even when other leaders advised us to |
| miracles of provision, protection, victory and others. By | | | | move immediately. God honored our obedience with |
| doing this, the person did not just receive a head or | | | | his timely provision. Because of this experience, I |
| intellectual knowledge of God's name; it was a | | | | personally and intimately know Jehovah-Jireh. I am not |
| personal and life changing revelation! | | | | just a name-dropper! |
| Jehovah-Jireh | | | | The Names of God are Windows |
| I had one of those revelations a few years ago. My | | | | I read a sermon awhile back on-line. The pastor |
| wife and I were blindsided with news that would | | | | described the names of God in a way that really |
| necessitate us leaving our ministry jobs we had held | | | | revealed the importance of knowing and experiencing |
| for years. This was nothing we had done but never | | | | God's names. He said the names of God are windows |
| the less, we had to go and go quickly. We prayed and | | | | to his nature and character. I like that. When we |
| asked God to provide a way for us to leave. We | | | | experience God in a specific way, when we intimately |
| needed for God to provide a new job and actually a | | | | know him by one of his names, it is like peering in a |
| totally new career. | | | | window and seeing what's inside. There are many |
| I had been teaching a series on the names of God in | | | | names of God to know and experience. In doing so |
| an adult Sunday school class. I was teaching on | | | | we discover in new ways how incredible and |
| Jehovah-Jireh, God my provider. Little did I know that in | | | | multi-faceted our intimate, sovereign God is. |
| studying out this name that God would give me more | | | | |