April 8th, 2018 THE POWER OF GOD NAMES Jehovah Rohi & Jehovah Jireh Terry Baldwin 1 JOKES... [ TITLE SLIDE ] - Studying the many names God uses to describe Himself - Many of these NAMES came from situations when people needed God to intervene ( STORY: Superman saving man from fire / man s afraid he will be dropped / Do you think I can save you from fire but can t deliver you to land? ) JEHOVAH ROHI [ Psalms 23.1 NKJV ] The LORD is my shepherd - LORD typically means Jehovah / God s self revealing name - is Means Right Now / Glad what God did yesterday, but need God NOW! - my God is very Personal / Wants to Reveal Himself to YOU! Custom fitted shirts... Custom made relationship with God - shepherd From David s old job... He Lead and Guided sheep - Sheep are dumb animals - That s why Bible says - All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way We have a GREAT SHEPHERD - to Care for and Lead us The rest of Psalm illustrates just How sufficient this name of God is [ Psalms 23.2-3a NKJV ] He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul;
2 - Issue is the Peaceful Pastures and Still Waters - Like a Flat Tire we get weary... and need to be RESTORED - Doctors prescribe REST in order to be RESTORED IF THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD HE CAN MEET YOUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS - Like Cell Phone batteries needs recharged... - God will give us Sermon / Song / Words of Friend / Scripture - Sundays together are GREAT! [ Psalms 23.3b NKJV ] He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name s sake. IF THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD HE CAN MEET YOUR DIRECTIONAL NEEDS - Sheep can get lost - Christians can make bad turns in their lives... - Who went in a WRONG way, not a RIGHT RIGHTEOUS way - G.P.S. / RECALIBRATING... God knows how to Recalibrate our bad decisions and our wrong moves - God can LEAD you back the Righteous way - I remember getting lost in Mall... had parents PAGED by NAME God give DIRECTIONAL changed by name [ Psalms 23.4a NKJV ] though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. IF THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD HE CAN MEET YOUR EMOTIONAL NEEDS 3 MAN SAID: I ve got so many problems in my life, if something else goes wrong it s going to take me 2 weeks to get around to worry about it. - Life can be like that sometimes... one thing after another - Causes Anxious / Insecure / Afraid David said: - My Shepherd has a ROD & STAFF - ROD to beat off attackers / STAFF to pull to safety - CLUB is God s POWER / STAFF is God s GRACE Because I have POWER over the enemy... & GRACE even in light of my mistakes I m NOT going to be afraid even in the Valley VALLEY is a low place... Mountains on both sides If the LORD is your Shepherd... - He can meet you in the Shadowy spots of your life - When the Future don t look good - When Doctor s prognosis is scary GOD CAN MEET THOSE EMOTIONAL NEEDS - David said he s going to focus on LORD... NOT the shadows! STORY: Boy with Dad at zoo near Lion s Cage
4 If you see only what s troubling you and not God who is bigger than what s troubling you, you will be controlled by Fear IF THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD HE CAN MEET YOUR EMOTIONAL NEEDS [ Psalms 23.5a NKJV ] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies IF THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD HE CAN MEET YOUR PHYSICAL NEEDS STORY: God meeting Tony Evans need for $500 as a Bible student - Many here today have similar stories of God s Provision - Enemy of Finances / Food / Shelter [ Psalms 23.6 NKJV ] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. IF THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD HE CAN MEET YOUR ETERNAL NEEDS - God has 2 sheep dogs to guide us into His house... - Goodness & Mercy - Eternally we will be with our Great Shepherd - Meets our ETERNAL need
RECAP: SPIRITUAL / DIRECTIONAL / EMOTIONAL / PHYSICAL / ETERNAL...what need do you have that doesn t fit in one of those categories If the LORD is your shepherd (Jehovah Rohi) He can meet ALL of your needs 5 QUESTION: Are you a FOLLOWING SHEEP so He is your shepherd? JEHOVAH JIREH The LORD our Provider This name comes from Genesis 22 Most times God REVEALS Himself to us through the Contradictions of life [ Genesis 22.1-2 NKJV ] Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am. Then He said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you. There are many Contradictions in this statement - RELATIONAL: Take your SON / Only SON / whom you LOVE... - SOCIAL: How is this going to look to my WIFE / FAMILY / FRIENDS - EMOTIONAL: The son whom you LOVE... Sometimes when God wants to show you His name and His ability to provide, He will put you in a situation that doesn t make sense. - If you love me God why am I in this situation??
[ Genesis 22.3-5 NKJV ] So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you. 6 - Abraham is saying... - I don t know how God is going to do this... - I believe I can obey God, even when it doesn t make sense, - And God has got to come up with a way to fix it!!...we will worship and then we will come back to you. HOW DO YOU WORSHIP GOD... WHEN GOD DOESN T MAKE SENSE?? When you feel God has let you down, Disappointed you, Doesn t make Sense That s NOT THE TIME TO STAY IN BED... - If there was ever a time to worship Him... it s THEN - Cause God is UP TO SOMETHING GOOD... - God is going to reveal Himself to you POWERFULLY! - Abraham WORSHIPED God in the TEARS and the PAIN [ Genesis 22.6-8 NKJV ] So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. Then he said, Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering. So the two of them went together. - The LORD must answer for Himself.. cause I DON T have a Answer Don t be afraid to say.. I don t know...
[ Genesis 22.9-12 NKJV ] Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! So he said, Here I am. And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me. 7 God Knows EVERYTHING... Some things God does not know EXPERIENTIALLY God hasn t experienced everything He Knows God enters in on the choice we make to Choose Him... OVER the most important things in our lives - Most of us have an ISAAC in our lives... - Something we don t want to let go of - God will test our Love for Him by calling for our Isaac God wants to experience wether we love him as much as we said we do in church... Now I know that you fear me! [ Genesis 22.13 NKJV ] Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. We may promise God our lives... BUT... - Many of us would have turned back when we HIT THE MOUNTAIN - When we CLIMB the Mountain / When we SHARPENED the knife
8 - Not until Abraham completed his obedience did He see the Ram... Abraham KNEW God would keep His promised of a NATION - God remained SILENT... UNTIL Abraham s obedience was completed!!! - God wants to Reveal Himself to you as your PROVIDER... He wants to SEE if you will commit completely [ Genesis 22.14 NKJV ] And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided. - JEHOVAH JIREH CLOSE: JIREH: Comes foot word means to see - Because I SEE, I now make provision - Provision has VISION...to see When God SEES you choose Him, He make PROVISION for you... because He see your complete commitment to Him [ Genesis 22.17 NIV ] I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies
9 God is saying: I m ready to fulfill promise made to you at the beginning - In Genesis 12.2... I m going to make you a great nation - In Genesis 15.5... I m going to make you a great nation - In Genesis 17.5-6.. I m going to make you a great nation - Genesis 22.17... NOW, I m going to fulfill my promise HEBREWS 6.13-18 DON T DELAY WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO BY WAVERING IN YOUR COMMITMENT Only when Abraham fulfilled his obedience did God make His promise an OATH - Many times people say... I m waiting on God should be saying... God s waiting on me! I want to see Jehovah my Provider... come through for me and show me God s Ram of provision - Don t be a part time Christian waiting for a Full time Promise!...
10 ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you? WITNESS: Forty-five years. ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? WITNESS: July 18th. ATTORNEY: What year? WITNESS: Every year. Getting snippy with attorney ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's 20, much like your IQ. ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male. ATTORNEY: She had three children, right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?