Names of God: Closer

                The God of Christianity goes by many names. We have only just looked at some of the names. There are so many more titles that He goes by! He is our teacher, our ruler, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is our kinsman redeemer, the word, our brother, the way, the truth, and the life. God has many names, and there is always more room for us to learn about them.

                God is more than just loving, and more than just powerful. He is more than just our minds can comprehend. He is the Alpha and the Omega; He has first and last say on everything. He is our deliverer and our savior. He is the light because He casts out darkness.

                These names are great to know, but it takes true meditation on them to understand the gravity of them. What God decided to decorate the night sky with stars, making even the darkness beautiful? What God decided to become closer to us then a friend when He is far holier than we are and requires nothing of us? What God cares enough to have the first say of our lives and the final say? What God cares enough to be human kinds' only way to life, much life life abundant? It is by understanding the gravity of these titles that we begin to understand who God is.

                There are so many more names and they can all be found in the Bible. Two resources that I used were:

                http://www.smilegodlovesyou.org/names.html

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                http://bible.org/article/names-god

                Both of these sites will help your expansion of God and who He is, but nothing is a more solid foundation than the Bible. If you want to truly understand the context of God being the kinsman redeemer, go read it and find out the whole story and why.

                God has presented to us His names so that we may grow a closer relationship with Him in understanding who He is. If we never knew that He was Jehovah Rapha, we would not be relying on Him to heal us. If we did not know that He was El Olam, we would not understand the gravity of His eternity. It is not by knowing these names alone, but by meditating on them and allowing them to sink into our hearts that we begin to see God for who He truly is.

                                                                                                                                         -D