May 27, 2010 What's in a name? 4

For His name alone is Excellent.

Good Family day morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Please take time to pray for families this day. Pray for Vicky and her family, for Beverly and Donna and their families, and yes, by all means pray for the family in the White House. Prayers also for the Idlers, Saylors, and the families at the Bridges of Bent Creek. And remember also to pray for the family of God and your own family and mine.

What's in a name? 4: Psalm 148:13 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for His name alone is excellent; His glory is above the earth and heaven. (KJV)

I love looking at all the names of our Lord, and what they mean and what they mean to me. Please note that the scripture tells us that His name alone is excellent and to that means those names like mine have other meanings but our Lord God has the only name that is excellent. I know that my name, Daniel means "God is my Judge" but for sure it is not excellent, nor am I worthy, and yes, although my name means "God is my Judge" we in the end will all be judged by God.

Today I would like to add a name I like to think of when it comes to our Lord. This name you WILL NOT find in the Bible, but see if it makes sense to you...

The Umpire: For He will be the one who is going to call you safe or out at home. Moving on.

Proverbs 8:14 - "Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power." (NIV)

Proverbs 8:14 - "Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding. I have strength." (KJV)

When I look at some scriptures sometimes even more than one name jumps out at me, the scripture above comes the name of "Understanding", and by all means our Lord God is understanding, in fact He is the most understanding of anyone ever. Why do I say that? Well, He is indeed the only one that truly understands me! Don't laugh, readers, for He is also the only one who truly understands you. But again in this scripture we can use the name Counselor and we will see that name in other scriptures. Counsel is mine. Two other names, Wisdom and Judgment, come forth depending on the version of the Bible. Also Power and Strength... All wonderful names of our Lord. Let's do a couple more.

Isaiah 25:4 - You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in His distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the head. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall. (NIV)

Now let's look at all the names in this one. His name is a refuge, or strength if you use the King James Bible. His name is not just a strength for the needy and poor but He is strength to all who call on Him. Now that is one name in this verse, but there are more. He is a Shelter. He is a Shelter. So we could call Him a Shelter from our storms. Like our home with a roof over us in the storms of weather and cold, snow and rain, God is a shelter in our storms. Just yesterday Dolores and I had a few storms in our lives. On a scale of 1 to 10 this storm did not even reach 1 but God was still the one who got us through it. The storm started like this... we wanted to go to Lowes and get some flags and take them to the graves of our family members. I dug out our old convertible which sits in the garage with the top down year round. It started right up. We went about a half mile and it started to act up. It stopped on the highway and God pushed us right into a gas pump. I put gas in it and it started once and I moved it from the pump and it stalled out again. Then it would not restart. But we were safe, we were not on the highway, and when I said God pushed us in, we coasted about a quarter mile right to that gas pump, and yes, I thought it ran out of gas.

In the morning our neighbor called me to look at his lawn tractor and I did, then we called him and he came and got us. We came home and I got my tow dolly... Well I could not get it on the dolly so I called a big hook (tow truck) and our rag top got a ride home. We were saved, the car is in the garage, and sometime before fall, I will get to look at it. No big thing. God is good, and He was our shelter in that very small storm. A neighbor, a friend, a tow truck driver... all hands of the Lord... God is good.

With that said I want you to look at something, how many of the names of the Lord do we carry out? He is the Strength of the Poor and Needy and how does He help them, through us who, dare I say this, through us who share our blessings. If this turn of events had not happened to us in the morning, if God had not had us off the road near our home, He would have covered us in other ways. For indeed He is our shelter from the storm and also by the time I got home, after bringing the car in, it got hot. The home, where He is in charge, has air and it was cool inside. I got a sandwich, and laid down a tad, four of our dogs laid across the bed for a nap. Is God good or what? God is Good... Oh and that Sandwich... God, through the hands of others, made all that was in it... and it was good.

Dear Father in Heaven, we are so blessed because we have You. You and You alone are cause for all things good, and Lord, when I talk about the names that are so much You, I hurt when I hear others curse Your name. Lord, I do not understand and never will why someone who does not believe in You curses Your name when things go wrong. Lord, for those non-believers we pray today and we pray for families across this great land and around the word, and Lord, as for me and my house we will serve You, and Lord, thanks for yesterday and also for today. Lord, please heal the back of Barbara... I forgot her on the list. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth, sharing the blessings the good Lord gives us each day, and forgiving those who might have done things to you in the past, and forgive those who might even be working on your nerves right now. Keep on loving Jesus, and know that He loves You and so do I love ya. Pastor Dan.

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