This is the final of the three part series that I am doing. The name Yahweh (YHWH) (Genesis 4:3, Exodus 6:3) comes from a verb which means "to be, or to exist." The name Yahweh means "I am." When God said His name, He was declaring that He was, is, and is to come all at once. He was saying that He exists in Himself. His existence is certain.
In Exodus 6:3, God and Moses are having a conversation about what Moses shall do. Moses is worried that no one will believe that He is talking to God, so He asks God to help him become more believable. God gave Moses His name as proof. "I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name Yahweh, I was not known to them."
In the Bible, Yahweh has been commonly replaced with the word Lord, because it is such a powerful name and Lord represents such a powerful concept.
Because God is Yahweh, He does not need us. Because God is Yahweh, he is self-existent. He does not exist on our thoughts or on our needs and hopes and dreams. Yahweh exists on His own and always has existed. He was not born or created, God is. He was not transformed into a god or given power, God is. Yahweh (I am) is God's statement of being the independent and self-existent God of revelation and redemption. He is who He is, regardless of the circumstances that we face. God is God alone.
We must remember that these names show us more about God and who He is, from our provider and our Healer, to our shepherd and our victory. He is God alone and deserves all of the honor and praise for who He is. If it were not for God being all of these things and more, we would never be redeemed and made free in Christ. We need Him. He is worthy to be praised.
-D
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