Names of God

Who is our God? The answer to this question provides great hope and help to those of us who live by faith in Him. He reveals Himself to us through His names: Meditate upon His names today:
• Elohim = "God" (plural) as in the Creator (Genesis 1:1).
• El Elyon = "God (singular) Most High (Genesis 14:18-20).
• El Roi = "God Who Sees (Genesis 16:13-14).
• El Shaddai = "God Almighty" or "God the All-Sufficient One"; (Genesis 17:2-3).
• Yahweh = found in Scripture as the consonants YHWH, known as the "Tetragramaton" is God's holy Covenant name. The letters form a word or words from the verb "to be" and most scholars translate it as "I AM who I AM" or "I will be who I will be", or "the Self-Existent One (Exodus 3:13-14).
• Adonai = "Lord" (Note: LORD, all in capital letters is a substitution out of reverence for God's covenant name "Yahweh (Exodus 4:10-12).
• Yahweh-jireh = "Yahweh will provide" (Genesis 22:11-14).
• Yahweh-rapha = "Yahweh who heals (Exodus 15:26).
• Yahweh–nissi = "Yahweh My Banner...(Exodus 17:16).
• Yahweh-mekoddishkem = "Yahweh Who Sanctifies You": (Exodus 31:12).
• Yahweh-shalom = "Yahweh is Peace (Judges 6:22-24).
• Yahweh-sabaoth = "Yahweh of Hosts" (the "hosts" are the army of angels who serve God): (Psalm 46:7; 22:10). 
• Yahweh-raah = "Yahweh My Shepherd":...(Psalms 23:1).
• Yahweh-tsidkenu = "Yahweh Our Saving Justice": (Jeremiah 23:5-6).

Take courage and rest in Him today. He will prove to be everything you need Him to be. Trust Him. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.