Be Still, and Know

There are three forms of the word 'lord', as found in the Bible. lord →  all small letters Lord →  Standard Caps LORD →  ALL CAPS 1. lord This form is used for men, and men alone. For instance, Genesis 31:35 And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is with me.” And he searched but did not find the household idols. 2. Lord This form is typically used in place of the Hebrew text containing the name of God as 'Adonai', which means the sovereign one. For example, Psalms 57:9 I will praise You, O Lord , among the peoples; I will sing to You among the nations. 3. LORD When you see LORD in the Bible, it means that it was translated from the Hebrew text containing the name of God as יהוה‎, transliterated as 'YHWH'. This is a special word termed as Tetragram or Tetragrammaton, which contains just the 4 consonants and no vowels. The Jews considered it too holy to utter this name of God. When the scr...

In the beginning was the Word, which is God, which is life, which is light, says John chapter 1. Word = God = Life = Light Our God exists in an unapproachable light (1 Timothy 6: 16), He Himself is the Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1: 5). This is God. We live in darkness, and loved darkness rather than light (John 3: 19). We ourselves WERE darkness (Ephesians 5: 8). This is us. The Light, which is the Lord Jesus Christ, came into the world, so that He can save humanity from the darkness which they ever so love, and call them into the marvelous light (1 Peter 2: 9). But to do that, He did something out of His character. Not only did the Lord who is the Light come into this dark world, but He also hung on the cross in utter darkness, for 3 hours (Luke 23: 44). The Light in whom there is no darkness at all, spent hours in darkness only so that we who were in darkness can become the light. And, we worship Him today because He succeeded! We are now Children of Li...

Sarah Sarah was a strong woman! God promised Abraham, descendants. God kept His promise to Abraham through Sarah, who bore Isaac. Sarah was well past her years, but by faith she received the power to conceive ( Hebrews 11: 11 ), because Sarah herself considered God who promised, to never fail and be faithful. BE like the Strong Sarah! Hebrews 11:11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised . Leah Leah was unloved. She was the first wife of Jacob, but unfortunately not his first love. Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. But the Lord saw Leah's loneliness, and blessed her with children. In fact, 6 out of 12 Israelite tribes came through Leah. Leah showed her faithfulness to God every time she named a child, one of whom was Judah, through whom the genealogy continues. BE like the Loving Leah! Ruth 4:11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, ...