Personal Notes based upon the Ten Week Bible Study Knowing God Through His Names by Mariel Davenport
“. . . I don’t want to be a smarter sinner.”
Whose name are you holding up?
Week 1: Knowing His Name
You are my witnesses, declares the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. (Is. 43:10, NIV—unless otherwise indicated)
{Day 1}
MV: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. (Ps. 9:10)
As I begin the first daily devotion and think of whom God is to me, I see Him as my deliverer. He is my voice. He has been hidden, but where He seems absent—I still know He’s there (Heb. 11:1).
But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. (2 Cor. 3:16-18, NLT)
When I turn to Lord and embrace Him—the veil is lifted, I can see, I am free, I reflect His glory, and I am changed into His glorious image. {I mirror Him.}
My name Ginger means “purity”—a name that has brought great peace to me—the voice of “Here’s My Cup Lord” in a place called Gethsemane.
A discipline to read the part about Naomi and the bitterness she felt, I press through as a part of this study—knowing there is something God wants to reveal that I haven’t seen before. It reminds me of wormwood and makes me feel heavy towards those places where I have not let go.
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. (Heb. 12:15)
{Day 2}
Ah, there’s that key word again—trust. You’d think God is really trying to tell me something. From this reading and that of One Thousand Gifts, I can’t seem to escape my Eucharisteo.
I will trust Him, and He will NOT forsake me.
{Day 3}
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, did not cease to follow Him, and obeyed His commands.
How does this apply to me? I need to really overcome my fears and trust Him—right where I am—to keep the door of my lips. I need to hear His voice clear, follow His lead, and obey His prompting.
There was no one like him among kings and he was successful in all he did.
How can I use his example in the same? Obviously obedience breeds success, yet this is not a work. It is an action of faith—of knowing.
In spite of this, you did not trust in the Lord your God. (Deut. 1:32)
Ouch, straight out of Egypt—No trust for Canaan! Why is this still so prevalently true in my life? Still of little faith?
It’s in the remembering. That’s it. I can’t see the miracles in the desert. I don’t trust Him to go out before me. Where is my cloud by day? Fire by night? When did I lose His voice?
*I need to review some journals of old—to reflect on His work to see His light again.
{Day 4}
He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel. (Ps.103:7)
The lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent. (Ex.: 33:11)
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1 Jo. 3:1)
Search me, OGod, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (Ps. 139:23-24, NLT)
{Day 5}
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. (Jo. 1:12)
*Revere the name of God and trust in His reputation.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (Jo. 14:13)
Trust in—ask in—His name and know He will do what’s best for you according to His character.
Hallowed be your name (Mk. 6:9).
Wow! To revere His name as the Jewish people. To really respect Him in lieu of idle talk. How much repentance is needed here?
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm. (Ps. 20:7-8)
Yes, through trusting in His name, we rise up and stand firm!!
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