EL SHADDAI

It's easy to get caught up in the mythical and unique names for our Lord & Savior. Yeshua (The actual name of Jesus), Emmanuel, Jehovah, Jehovah-Tsidkenu (The Lord of our righteousness), Jehovah-Nissi (The Lord is my Banner), Jehovah-Jireh (The Lord who provides), Jehovah-Shalom (The Lord of peace) and Jehovah-Rapha (The Lord who heals).

While each of these names brings an adundance of hope, truth and speaks an endless amount of life into your life . . . the one God laid on my heart to write about is El Shaddai.

EL SHADDAI

The All-Sufficient One/The God who is more than enough! My Pastor, Mike Devine, referred to the Lord as 'enough breasts!'

He is more than enough breasts~ the purpose of breasts in the child rearing process is for a Mother to provide, nurture and grow her son or daughter with milk through breast-feeding.

That is who God promises He will be if we will humble ourselves, seek His face and ALLOW Him to be in our lives!!

You may need a job after being unemployed for a long period of time . . . 6 months, 9 months, a year or even 2 years~ guess what? HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!

Maybe you're having a tough time with your children. No matter how much you try to get through to them and lead them down the right path because you care about them so much and love them so, they rebel and figuratively-speaking you are at the end of your rope. . HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!

You could feel wronged by someone by someone and so much time has passed between the two of y'all, you don't even know where to start to bury the hatchet . . . so much bitterness, so much anger, so much resentment and time hasn't made it any better~ it's actually/unfortunately made it worse. HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!

Your bills are biling up and you don't have the money to cover them . . . God will make a way~ eliminate what you can from your bills (what's not an absolutely necessity, cut it out) reach out to the Lord in prayer & maybe a local church. I don't know how He does it . . . You don't have to turn to the devil's 'fast money.' It's just NOT worth it! HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!

Or you've been praying about something~ it could be a loved one who is lost or for you to receive a yes when you've only received an 'It's not time, 'no' or 'later.' It could even be you praying for you to be with that one man or woman you want to be with- the one you care about so much you put his/her well-being in front of your own. HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!

Does that mean He will answer yes? Sometimes . . . but what it means more so than Him answering 'yes' or 'coming through for you in your situation' is even if the answer is the dreaded no or a sweet, but nonethless firm 'My child, it's just not time yet,' ~ HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!!

So matter what you may be going through in your life~ no matter how much pain you are in, no matter how hopeless you feel, no matter the lies the devil tells you, the discouragement he tries to bring into your life & no matter how much you feel things are going to stay the same... be bold enough to believe in that which you can not see (faith) & He WILL come through for you! I encourage you to know HE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!! To Him who is able to do exceedingly more than what we can even ask, dare to dream or imagine . . . EphesianS 3:20

May 25, 2011