I used to be afraid to trust God. And it bothered me.
I wanted to slip my hand in His and let Him lead.
I wanted to put my concerns in His capable arms
and believe He could take better care of them than I could.
I wanted to have more faith.
But I didn’t. And one day I realized why.
It’s hard to trust someone we don’t really know.
Therein was the reason for my hearts hesitancy to fully rely on God.
You see, I knew a lot about God but I didn’t really know God.
So I decided to start spending time with Him like a friend, getting to know Him.
Talking to Him with simple-sentence and conversational prayers
listening to Him through promises in His Word
depending on Him in different circumstances
relying on Him in faith as I struggled with different fears.
Over time my “knowing” and trusting God got stronger and stronger.
And my depth of dependence grew as I depended on Him and found He is dependable.
What about you? Do you ever struggle with trusting God, like really trusting Him and fully relying on Him to meet your needs like I have? One thing that has really helped me get to know God and push through my fear of dependence is remembering the names of God and giving Him a chance to show me the faithfulness of His character through the power of His names.
The truth is we can’t know God as Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, if we aren’t in need. And when we are, we can learn to trust Him as we depend on Him to meet ours needs. The more we do this, the more our trust will deepen and our relationship with Christ with be strengthened.
Our confidence in Him will grow as we live in the powerful promise of this beautiful verse: “Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help” (Psalm 9:10). Let’s pray: Lord, I want to know You for who You really are. I desire to trust and follow You more and more each day.
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ENTER TO WIN: I Know His Name by Wendy Blight
My friend, Wendy Blight, has written a five-session Bible study about discovering power in the names of God. This study is for any woman who wants to move beyond simply knowing about God to really knowing God in a very personal way. This study will help women to:
- Realize their infinite worth as they explore the nature of the God who created and formed them.
- Live with bold assurance that their God is a personal God who sees them, hears them, and knows them by name.
- Walk confidently in knowing both who they are and Whose they are.
- Arm themselves with seven tools to pray more confidently and effectively in any situation or circumstance.
- Transform their walk with Jesus as they discover how He fulfills the Old Testament names of God.
ENTER TO WIN by sharing why you’d like to study this topic and have a copy of Wendy’s new book. Simply click SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS below. One winner will be randomly selected on Friday and notified via email.
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I would love to learn more about the names of God. There is power in his name. Thank you for your postings.
Want to know more of Him and His names. Loved Wendy’s living so that and can’t wait to see what is in store with her new study
I would like to study this topic because I would like to know more about our God, and a good start of that would be knowing all His names, and why He is called as He is called. I am just now truly beginning my walk with Christ and eager to know as much as I can and share that knowledge with my middle school aged daughter.
I am excited to learn more about the names of God so I can use them as another way to worship Him and express my thankfulness! We can’t put God in a box – He is So Much More!!! He continually blesses us with grace so undeserved and I love learning and sharing more about him every day!
Hi! Good Mornig Renee!
If I am blessed with this book I will read it and pass it on to someone else who needs it.
God Bless!
Would love to learn more about the names of God
What a powerful way to help my children learn to love and trust God more!
Eager to learn more about the names of God
I’ve always wanted to learn more about the different names that describes our God. I know that each name describes a different attribute of God.
I always thought I knew God at least I had heard His name and knew He had created the universe. I also thought I knew His Son. For 45 years I lived my life saying I knew Jesus but I didn’t. I had prayed a prayer, introduced myself to Him, telling HIm I was a sinner and was sorry for what I had done and asked Him to forgive me. I believed He would and did forgive me. I then went on living my life the way I wanted. I didn’t seek His guidance or approval before making decisions. Finally 45 years later I realized I didn’t know Jesus at all. I had always wanted a big brother. I didn’t have a very good earthly father. Now I had the opportunity to have both. I decided on June 8, 2015 to have that personal relationship with Jesus. I am so hungry for God’s Word and it’s like I’m trying to make up for lost time. I can’t find enough time to be in His Word and in prayer talking with Him, sharing my day – whether it be things of joy that happened or times of sadness He is always there to greet me and waiting to hear how my day went. After He has heard about my day He puts His arms around me to let me know that He is glad I came to Him. He is ready to wipe away the tears or to laugh and celebrate with me. He is eager to show me in His Word how to solve a problem I might have, or help in making a decision. He is ready to give me the best there is to offer.
I want to know God more personally and know that He is in control. Everything happens for a reason and I need not take life for granted. As I stood on my front porch. I praise God for my senses as I looked out and saw the sunrise peeking through the clouds. Feeling the coolness in the air, smelling the freshness of the morning , reaching up in praise and been fulfilled by the Holy Spirit. I want to gain a stronger insight of God as I look forward to the study “I Know His Name.”
even though I know the names of God, somehow reading them today in your devotional helps me to feel even closer to Him. even when I can not rely on anyone else, I know that He will always be there no matter what I go through in life. I would really enjoy getting to know Him even better than I do now. May God bless you and your ministry now and for many years to come.
Would love a copy of this book to grow deeper.
I am growing with knowing God more and more through prayer and word. I am hungry to Know God by Name and soak it up more and more and know all I can know!
I feel this book will teach me God by name and make me grow stronger n stronger with my relationship with the Lord.
thank you for all your wonderful Blogs and inspiration!
Have a Blessed week!
Tina Kirby
Good morning, ma’am. I simply want to thank my Heavenly Father for this post this particular morning, with the place that He has brought me to in Him–this prayerful, seeking place. I know Him, ma’am, I do; but there is a drive, a thirst to know him deeper, and I KNOW I will be satisfied with NOTHING less. This day, at this point in time, for such a time as this, He encourages my heart through your post. I thank Him, and I thank you. Be blessed.
I’d like to use s study of God’s names to go deeper with Him. I’d like to share it with a group that I teach on a weekly basis to draw them closer to an intimate relationship with God.
I am desperately longing to “know” God by name. I am walking through a valley right now and need a reminder that I am not walking this alone.
I want to know God!
My goal for the past years have been to get to know God. Today I am not also learning about God but to love His only Son, Jesus. I never thought that to know about God I have to go through Jesus and love him too. I would love to have Wendy Blight’s book and to know all His holy name. Thanks.
I would love to know God more by knowing His names. Learning about His character through His names is something that I am very interested in.