Does He Know Your Name?
A Friend that Sticks Closer than a Brother
Every time my heart feels low and I feel like the whole world is against me, I often remember the Psalmist saying, "Abba I waited patiently, you turned to me and heard my cry, set my feet on a rock, put a song in my mouth, a song of praise to You, a hymn of praise to my God" (Psalm 40)
For those of you who dont know Abba is transliterated from the Aramaic and it means Papa.
It is an endearing way that the Psalmist David cries out to His Papa as he awaits for his heavenly Father to answer the call of his heart.
When David was out in the fields tending his fathers flock he spent many nights speaking to his heavenly Father and hearing the voice of God out in the wilderness through the Holy Spirit pouring out a new hymn to his God, a psalm that bore witness of God's love for him.
During his lowest times, David would recall these psalms of God's never ending love for him, and God would assure David that He knew David intimately. Because God knew David by name (on a first hand basis) David now had the capacity to know God (his character, his person, his ways) in an intimate way that would cause total assurance to swell up in David's soul to the reality that He knew who he was because of his intimate relationship with God.
We too must learn our identity that comes from the intimacy of knowing God by His name and acknowledging that there is no one else in heaven or on earth that will ever know us as intimately as God the Father knows us.
The Father knows your name, now are you willing to come and learn His name? Will you dare to get close and find out that you have a friend that sticks closer than a brother?
Rest Assure Your Maker Knows You Intimately
Comments
Very good observations, and so true! Thank you for the uplifting message!
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Your comment is so beautiful, thank you for sharing your thoughts it means a lot to me. God bless you always
I enjoyed reading your work. Very encouraging.
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Thank you sister, blessings to you and yours.
"We too must learn our identity that comes from the intimacy of knowing God by His name and acknowledging that there is no one else in heaven or on earth that will ever know us as intimately as God the Father knows us."
...simply lovely pure and true
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Thank you for your beautiful comment. God bless you always
There are many who say they know Jesus, though the real question is,"Does He know me?" If He does, than you will then one day be able to say,"I am who God says I am."
Likewise, many of us are quick to say we trust God, though the real test comes as we go through tests and tribulations. Will we still have faith? Will we still praise Him?
Will we still love Him when our change is strange and our money gets funny?
More to the point, Does God trust YOU?
Thanks for a short and to the point Hub which shows us David's need and strong desire to develop and maintain an intimate relationship with God. Something we all need to do.
He never said we would not have troubles. Through Him, we find we don't have to allow troubles to have us!
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Thank you brother for you heartfelt comment. I have been blessed once again to find another brother that loves our Father and chooses to follow Him in all his ways. Blessings to you always
Beautiful!!!! So GLAD brother Unchained Grace posted this hub link on Facebook and I found you!!!! Welcome to HubPages! Thank you for shining our Lord's love and Light!!
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Thank you sister I have been so blessed by your comment. Thank you for offering such a warm and sincere welcome to me. I love you in the Lord. God bless you always
Amen. though I was like to David feeding the flocks, but in my young Christian life. spending time with the Lord is my most enjoyable time for the day. I will sing and read His words especially book of Psalm and those words would appear like Reimar word to me and they comfort my soul.
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Thank you for sharing your deep encounters with our Lord. I am blessed that you receive comfort from the Psalms. Thank you for reading and posting your comment. God bless you sister.
am new here but i hope i will be blessed thru this.
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Welcome aboard toto. I believe you are blessed already for opening your heart to the leading and guidance of God's Spirit. God bless you on this journey
Very beautiful!!! I'm glad i dropped by and read this hub!
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kashmir56 I'm super uber glad that you passed on by as well. Thank you for your encouraging comment. Blessings to you always
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