Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you.” — Matthew 28:19-20
Because we are in covenant with God, He is mindful of our needs and is ever working to take care of us. I Peter 5:7 shows us that, "Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." In covenant thinking what is God's is ours and what is ours is God's. Our cares become His cares and His cares become our cares. He takes control of our cares and meets our needs, then we are able to work on His cares. His cares are getting His message of love and salvation into a dying world and also wanting to save us not destroy us. The message of His covenant love is for everyone. It is our covenant responsibility to share it.
To know God and to seek His righteousness, we must look to Him and see how He reveals himself. We already know that He is love (hesed-agape), but there is so much of God to know beyond this. I believe that He reveals himself in His names and the characteristics of those names.
These names are translated from the Hebrew and are a manifestation of His love for His covenant people. They include: Elohim, Jehovah, El-Shaddai, Adonai, Jehovah-Jireh, Jehovah-Rophe, Jehovah-Nissi, Jehovah-M'Kaddesh, Jehovah-Shalom, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, Jehovah-Rohi and Jehovah-Shammah. These are the covenant names of God. These are nine days ( a novena) and during the next nine days we shall see what a wonderful thing the names of God are for His people.
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