Part 3 Who Is God?

1 Chronicles 29:11 (EXB) 11 Lord, ·you are great and powerful [yours is the greatness and power]. You have glory, victory, and ·honor [majesty; splendor]. Everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you. The kingdom [Sovereignty; Dominion] belongs to you, Lord; you are ·the ruler [head; exalted] over everything.

Billy Graham- Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.

Penned Truth: We must never allow God’s Names to be emptied of their true meanings, never to be discarded as unimportant.

Penned Truth: God’s Names contain tremendous power, and we need to use them.

Pastor Tony Evans: “The bad news today is, life has problems. The good news today is, God has a name for them. “

That Name Is Jehovah Tsaba

Penned Truth: The name Tsaba essentially means army, host, and warfare. God will fight your battles.

1 Samuel 17:41–47 (ESV) 41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him. 42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance. 43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

Penned Truth: The problem with Giants is not the size; the problem is we don’t see God as bigger, God actually being the Lord of Host.

Cambridge Dictionary | Ultimately: finally, after a series of things have happened.

Deeper Point #1- Change Your Perspective 

Deeper Point #2- Counter The Giant’s Mockery

Deeper Point #3- Speak To Your Giant 

1 Samuel 17:45-46 (ESV) 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head.

Deeper Point #4-  Give Your Battles To God And Move Forward. 

Penned Truth: Young David trusted God for the victory as he claimed, “The battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.” 1 Samuel 17:47 (ESV)

Final Statement: These unique Names of God are an incredible blessing when you see them in the context of the Scripture. These Names help us when we address Him in prayer. Just as we want to call people by the proper term or name, we want to address God with appropriate wisdom and reverence whenever we pray. When you pray, you can address your Heavenly Father as Jehovah Tsaba. Try it the next time you bow your head to pray with the knowledge you have now about the Lord of Host.