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REMEMBERING GOD’S NAME
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30
Psalm 119:55-56

John 14:18-24

 

“He that hath my commandments,
and keepeth them,

he it is that loveth me…”

 

REMEMBERING GOD’S NAME
 
The names of God describe who He is. His name defines His nature and attributes. His name JEHOVAH identifies Him as the covenantkeeping, ever-faithful, and unchanging God. Elohim reminds us of His omnipotence as Creator of the Universe and everything that we have today, even you and me. Adonai represents His sovereignty, the One who reigns supreme and the One who is overall in control of all things. There are many other names appended to these names which further reveal to us who God really is to us.
 
Therefore, remembering God’s name is also remembering His benefits. These benefits are not just material but also a weightier matter of spiritual blessings. This is where the psalmist draws his motivation and delight to keep God’s law and precepts. He discovers more of the intricate and elaborate graces from the LORD, such that every time he remembers Him, all things in his life will point back to only one source, the God whose names tell of who He is.
 
Keeping His law: The law describes the first five books of Moses. It can be summarised to refer to the Ten Commandments which the whole law hangs on. The psalmist will not allow other concerns to rob him of the constant meditation of the law in his life.
 
Keeping His precepts: Precepts are mandates of God that can still refer to the law itself. The difference here is the psalmist focuses on protecting and maintaining the law of God in his life not to be corrupted or mixed with other things that might undermine its authority over his life. It has the idea of preservation from impurities and drosses that will dull and render the law ineffective in his life. Again the psalmist is encouraged when he reminisces about the holy and pure attributes of God which he loves and desires to be manifest in him always.
 
Dear reader, remember God’s names, and who He is in your life. Then you will realise how gracious He is to you indeed.
 
THOUGHT: Do I realise the great blessings He has already given to me?
PRAYER: Father, help me to keep Thy law in my life so that no one will take it from me or corrupt it to deceive me.

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