Provérbios 18

Provérbios 18:10

MacArthur concludes "John unambiguously ties Jesus to God or Yahweh (Jehovah) of the OT." (MacArthur Study Bible) Related Study: Jehovah = Jesus Pastor Chuck Smith speaks of running to His Name when you are discouraged, depressed, edgy, anxious, worried (each of these will lead to doubt)… , interpersonal relationships - strong disagreement with your spouse, Maybe they have left you, and your life was built around them - What am I going to do? Where shall I go? How will I survive? The deeper you have loved them, the more devastating the experience can be. Maybe you are on different wave lengths than your child. Constant tension. Meal times have become disasters. It could be at work. Someone has it in for you. They try to make you look bad. They call attention and laugh at your mistakes. Life itself. Why do the ungodly prosper?. Some seem to get along quite well without God.. Why is there suffering? Why must death come to someone I loved so deeply? Where can we turn? The name "Jehovah"… the Name of Jesus." (From his message The Name of Jesus) Beloved are you hurting even as you read these notes? He is there, Jehovah Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35) Run to Him. Hide in Him (Read - Ps 17:8, Ps 27:5, Ps 31:20, Ps 64:2). Let me encourage you to listen to the song Names of God and focus on Him as you see and hear the beautiful sound of His names, asking your personal Teacher, the Holy Spirit, to make His glorious Names (reflective of His manifold attributes) your strong tower (experientially). You may still feel the way you feel, but He is able to lift you up and place your feet on on high places (cp Hab 3:19+ - be sure to note the context Hab 3:16, 17, 18+ - What does this suggest about the way Habakkuk must have felt? Notice how he focuses not on his feelings, which are very real, but on God) and on the Rock of your salvation (Ps 89:26, Ps 40:2, Ps 62:2, 6, Ps 61:2). And over time, as your Comforter, the Holy Spirit, ministers to your hurting heart, you will find that "the things of the earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace" (Play the hymn and as you listen ask God to help you turn your focus from self to Savior so that you might Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus). (Indeed, is this not "running" into the "strong tower"!) C H