What do el shaddai

The name El Shaddai is found repeatedly in the book of Job, and that is no surprise. The Psalmist wrote about those who contend with and plot against the Father and His anointed Son—trying to claim greater wisdom and power than the Lord of heaven. But Scripture says God laughs at their silly assertions. We are foolish to contend with the Almighty. A God of love is more palpable, more easily received, than the God who is sovereign and powerful—the Mighty God who can turn the hearts of kings and direct nations to do His will.

He is the God who chooses us to make us a holy people and He transforms us with His power. The mighty God, embodied in Jesus Christ, fed thousands from simple provisions. He healed people and cast out demons that tormented them. He worked mighty miracles to assist His people and rescue them. He even raised people from the dead! What a mighty God we serve—and we need to praise Him. He invites us to call on Him in prayer so He can show us great and mighty things.

We can trust Him because He is trustworthy; He is our solid rock and hiding place, our deliverer and protector. We are wise to love and trust Him with all our heart, soul and mind. We will sing and praise your power. He always keeps His Word and we can trust Him. This was what the writer of Hebrews we getting at in Hebrews 11 , when he recounts the story after story of those who dared to believe God and trusted Him to keep His promises.

However, His very name speaks to the fact that He is Almighty and faithful to keep His promises. He is El Shaddai and you can trust Him to keep His promises to you. God is El Shaddai who protects us. When Jacob sent his sons off to Egypt to find food and he prayed that El Shaddai would bless his sons and have mercy on them and protect them. There is great comfort with the increase of illness, violence and evil in our world to know that the God we serve, El Shaddai protects us with His power.

It may not always look from our human understanding as though He is protecting us, but we can rest assured. He will keep us held within the security of His Almighty had through eternity and nothing can pluck us from His hand.

John God is El Shaddai who overcomes our inadequacy and makes us fruitful. God wants our lives to be fruitful. As El Shaddai, He overcomes our inadequacy and bring fruitfulness even out of the different trials we face. Our part is to exercise our faith in order to trust that God will do as He promised. I will help you. If there were an ant at the door of your granary, asking for help, it would not ruin you to give him a grain of your wheat; and you are nothing but a tiny insect at the door of My all-sufficiency.

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