He even raised people from the dead! What a mighty God we serve—and we need to praise Him. He invites us to call on Him in prayer so He can show us great and mighty things. We can trust Him because He is trustworthy; He is our solid rock and hiding place, our deliverer and protector. We are wise to love and trust Him with all our heart, soul and mind.
We will sing and praise your power. Yet the wonder of all wonders is that the God who is El Shaddai would humble Himself to bring us salvation in His Son. The redeemed church is to thank and praise the meek and mighty Savior. Dawn Wilson and her husband Bob live in Southern California. They have two married sons and three granddaughters.
Dawn also travels with her husband in ministry with Pacesetter Global Outreach. This article is part of our Names of God Series featuring the most used names and titles of God found in the Bible. We have compiled these articles to help you study all that God says He is and to help you understand His nature and character. What Does Yeshua Mean? Biblical Name for Jesus. Plus Toggle navigation. Password Assistance. Email address. Dawn Wilson.
Share Tweet Save. Again, God is identified as God Almighty the God who makes a covenant, promises fruitfulness and keeps His promises. From these different passages, it seems that all the times this name for God is used it is attached to the God who makes a covenant promise and is powerful enough to keep and fulfill that promise. God is El Shaddai who overcomes our inadequacy. As El Shaddai, God continually overcomes our inadequacy. What a powerful promise for our lives today.
Our inadequacy shows up in all areas of life and most especially in the area of holiness. In and of ourselves, we are not enough. However, we have El Shaddai who is more than adequate. He has provided the way for all our inadequacy to be covered and forgiven through His Son, Jesus Christ. Now, we are under the New Covenant and our righteousness is actually the righteousness of Christ. It is His adequacy that covers our inadequacy.
His robe of righteousness covering over the frailty of our sinfulness. He is powerful enough to save us and sustain us. God is El Shaddai who is the promise keeper.
He always keeps His Word and we can trust Him. This was what the writer of Hebrews we getting at in Hebrews 11 , when he recounts the story after story of those who dared to believe God and trusted Him to keep His promises.
However, His very name speaks to the fact that He is Almighty and faithful to keep His promises. He is El Shaddai and you can trust Him to keep His promises to you.
When we are not focused on pleasing God, our focus tends to be on pleasing ourselves. I know for a fact that most churches and most believers must realign their faith in the same way we sometimes have to get our cars realigned. If your car is out of line it is not going to function properly and in the long run, you will incur some unnecessary costs. The same is true with or spiritual faith. Your faith and my faith should stand and be based on the power of God.
Draw closer to God and He will show you, who He really is. Realign your faith with His power and you will experience who He is. Facebook Twitter Instagram.
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