El, Elohim, ElShaddai, Adoni, Jehovah, JEHOVAH-JIREH, JEHOVAH-ROPHE, JEHOVAH-NISSI, JEHOVAH-M'KADDESH, JEHOVAH-SHALOM, JEHOVAH ELOHIM, JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU, JEHOVAH-ROHI, JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH, JEHOVAH-SABAOTH. To name a few.
Check out this site to see more and what they mean.
http://ldolphin.org/Names.html
This week we will focus on Elohim. Here is what the above site has to say:
God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs); Elohim occurs 2,570 times in the OT, 32 times in Gen. 1. God as Creator, Preserver, Transcendent, Mighty and Strong. Eccl., Dan. Jonah use Elohim almost exclusively. See Gen. 17:7, 6:18, 9:15, 50:24; I Kings 8:23; Jer. 31:33; Isa. 40:1.
When simply put or summarized Elohim is usually said as "God most High."
What does this mean for our Worship?
Is God your Elohim, your Most High? Of all the things in your lift, what is at the top, the #1 most important, the most high? I might be easier to define if you think about your actions, because they speak our inner values. About what and where are your first thoughts when you wake up in the morning? Apart from work or school, running around and all the tasks of the day where is your mind during all this? Where is your heart?
Elohim wants to be the first in our hearts, or the highest. Carrying Him with you through out the day in your heart, does not have to be a obvious thing. It is an inward remembrance, just saying "you are with me", and taking God along for what ever you are doing. The truth is he is always there, but he delights in being acknowledged and put on the top of our priorities. After all we owe him at least this much, we are not our own, we were bought at a high price. God, Elohim, sent Jesus to save us from our sins, gave up his Son, part of himself to save us. As we approach the Holiday season, think of Elohim everywhere you go he is always with you.
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