I've been doing a little project. I had someone ask me how I could possibly say, "He is all I need". It got me to thinking. Do I really believe that, or is it just something I say because it's what every good Christian would say?
I have idols. There are things I often put ahead of God. In my weak moments I don't always run to Him first. I look for comfort in other places and in other people. I have a tendency to run to a friend before running to the Lord. I am emotional eater. I run to the fridge before running to Him.
I have idols that I don't even realize are idols. It seems like every day the Lord is putting a spotlight on a different one in my life. Today my idol is to be pain free. The weather has my peripheral nerves going haywire. I'd rather not be in pain, than to have to keep running to Him asking Him for the grace to endure it.
My idols always fail me though. They never give me what I need. My fridge gives me added pounds that weigh me down. It never lifts me up or soothes my soul. Maybe for the moment it seems that way, but once the chocolate cake has been swallowed I'm only left with heartburn. Sure, that first swig of Sonic coke is great, but by the last sip leaves with my stomach burning. I've said it many times, and I'll say it a thousand more, I have the greatest friends. But what makes them so great is not anything of themselves. What makes them great is Who lives inside of them. The One they point me to when I come running to them.
Yes, He really is all I need. I really do believe that. My actions don't always show that, but my heart knows it.
So, I set out to make a list of all the things He is for me with scripture to back it up. A list that not only I could show my friend, but one that I could pull out in those times I doubt and run to my idols.
He led me to this list ...
NAMES OF GOD--Father, Son, Holy Spirit
- AVENGER..........................1Thess.4:6
- ABBA.............................Romans
8:15
- ADVOCATE.........................I
John 2:1 (kjv)
- ALMIGHTY.........................Genesis
17:1
- ALL IN
ALL.......................Colossians
3:11
- ALPHA............................Revelation
22:13
- AMEN.............................Revelation
3:14
- ANCIENT OF
DAYS..................Daniel
7:9
- ANOINTED
ONE.....................Psalm
2:2
- APOSTLE..........................Hebrews
3:1
- ARM OF THE
LORD..................Isaiah
53:1
- AUTHOR OF ETERNAL
SALVATION......Hebrews
5:9
- AUTHOR OF OUR
FAITH..............Hebrews
12:2
- AUTHOR OF PEACE..................1 Cor. 14:33
- BEGINNING.........................Revelation
21:6
- BISHOP OF
SOULS...................1
Peter 2:25
- BLESSED & HOLY
RULER..............1
Timothy 6:15
- BRANCH............................Jeremiah
33:15
- BREAD OF
GOD......................John
6:33
- BREAD OF
LIFE.....................John
6:35
- BREATH OF
LIFE....................Genesis
2:7, Revelation
11:11
- BRIDEGROOM........................Isaiah
62:5
- BRIGHT MORNING
STAR...............Revelation
22:16
- BUCKLER.........2 Sam.22:31kjv,Psalm 18:2kjv,Psalm 18:30kjv,Proverbs 2:7kjv
- CAPTAIN OF
SALVATION...............Hebrews
2:10
- CARPENTER..........................Mark
6:3
- CHIEF
SHEPHERD.....................1
Peter 5:4
- CHOSEN
ONE.........................Isaiah
42:1
- CHRIST.............................Matthew
22:42
- CHRIST OF
GOD......................Luke
9:20
- CHRIST THE
LORD....................Luke
2:11
- CHRIST, SON OF LIVING
GOD..........Matthew
16:16
- COMFORTER..........................John
14:26(kjv)
- COMMANDER..........................Isaiah
55:4
- CONSOLATION OF
ISRAEL...............Luke
2:25
- CONSUMING
FIRE......................Deut.
4:24, Heb.
12:29
- CORNERSTONE.........................Isaiah
28:16
- COUNSELOR...........................Isaiah
9:6
- CREATOR.............................1
Peter 4:19
- CROWN OF BEAUTY.....................Isaiah 28:5
- DAYSPRING..............................Luke
1:78
- DELIVERER..............................Romans
11:26
- DESIRED OF ALL
NATIONS.................Haggai
2:7
- DIADEM OF
BEAUTY.......................Isaiah
28:5
- DOOR...................................John
10:7(kjv)
- DWELLING PLACE.........................Psalm 90:1
- ELECT
ONE..............................Isaiah
42:1
- EMMANUEL...............................Matthew
1:23(kjv)
- END....................................Revelation
21:6
- ETERNAL GOD............................Deut.
33:27
- ETERNAL
LIFE...........................1
John 5:20
- ETERNAL
SPIRIT.........................Hebrews
9:14
- EVERLASTING
FATHER.....................Isaiah
9:6
- EVERLASTING
GOD.........................Genesis
21:33
- EXCELLENT...............................Psalm 148:13(kjv)
- FAITHFUL &
TRUE........................Revelation
19:11
- FAITHFUL
WITNESS.......................Revelation
1:5
- FATHER.................................Matthew
6:9
- FIRSTBORN..............................Rom.8:29,Rev.1:5,Col.1:15
- FIRSTFRUITS............................1
Cor.15:20-23
- FORTRESS...............................Jeremiah
16:19
- FOUNDATION.............................1
Cor. 3:11
- FOUNTAIN OF LIVING
WATERS..............Jeremiah
2:13
- FRIEND.................................Matthew
11:19
- FULLERS'SOAP...........................Malachi 3:2(kjv)
- GENTLE
WHISPER.........................1
Kings 19:12
- GIFT OF
GOD............................John
4:10
- GLORY OF THE
LORD......................Isaiah
40:5
- GOD....................................Genesis
1:1
- GOD
ALMIGHTY...........................Genesis
17:1
- GOD OF THE WHOLE
EARTH.................Isaiah
54:5
- GOD OVER
ALL...........................Romans
9:5
- GOD WHO SEES
ME........................Genesis
16:13
- GOODNESS...............................Psalm
144:2(kjv)
- GOOD
SHEPHERD..........................John
10:11
- GOVERNOR...............................Psalm
22:28(kjv)
- GREAT HIGH
PRIEST......................Hebrews
4:14
- GREAT
SHEPHERD.........................Hebrews
13:20
- GUIDE..................................Psalm 48:14
- HEAD OF THE
BODY.......................Colossians
1:18
- HEAD OF THE
CHURCH.....................Ephesians
5:23
- HEIR OF ALL
THINGS.....................Hebrews
1:2
- HIDING
PLACE...........................Psalm
32:7
- HIGHEST................................Luke
1:76
- HIGH
PRIEST............................Hebrews
3:1
- HIGH PRIEST
FOREVER....................Hebrews
6:20
- HOLY
GHOST.............................John
14:26
- HOLY
ONE...............................Acts
2:27
- HOLY ONE OF
ISRAEL.....................Isaiah
49:7
- HOLY
SPIRIT............................John
15:26
- HOPE...................................Titus
2:13
- HORN OF
SALVATION......................Luke
1:69
- HUSBAND................................Isaiah 54:5,Jere.31:32,Hosea 2:16
- I
AM....................................Exodus
3:14, John
8:58
- IMAGE OF GOD............................2
Cor. 4:4
- IMAGE OF HIS
PERSON.....................Hebrews
1:3 (kjv)
- IMMANUEL................................Isaiah
7:14
- INTERCESSOR.............................Romans 8:26,27,34 Hebrews 7:25
- JAH..................................Psalm
68:4(kjv)
- JEALOUS..............................Exodus
34:14(kjv)
- JEHOVAH..............................Psalm
83:18(kjv)
- JESUS................................Matthew
1:21
- JESUS
CHRIST OUR LORD................Romans
6:23
- JUDGE................................Isaiah
33:22, Acts
10:42
- JUST ONE.............................Acts 22:14
- KEEPER...............................Psalm
121:5
- KING.................................Zechariah
9:9
- KING
ETERNAL.........................1
Timothy 1:17
- KING
OF GLORY........................Psalm
24:10
- KING
OF JEWS.........................Matthew
27:11
- KING
OF KINGS........................1
Timothy 6:15
- KING OF SAINTS.......................Revelation 15:3
- LAMB OF
GOD...........................John
1:29
- LAST
ADAM.............................1
Cor. 15:45
- LAWGIVER..............................Isaiah
33:22
- LEADER................................Isaiah
55:4
- LIFE..................................John
14:6
- LIGHT OF THE
WORLD....................John
8:12
- LIKE AN
EAGLE.........................Deut.
32:11
- LILY OF THE
VALLEYS...................Song
2:1
- LION OF THE TRIBE OF
JUDAH............Revelation
5:5
- LIVING
GOD.............................Daniel
6:20
- LIVING
STONE..........................1
Peter 2:4
- LIVING WATER..........................John
4:10
- LORD..................................John
13:13
- LORD GOD
ALMIGHTY.....................Revelation
15:3
- LORD JESUS
CHRIST.....................1
Cor. 15:57
- LORD OF
ALL...........................Acts
10:36
- LORD OF GLORY
........................1
Cor. 2:8
- LORD OF
HARVEST.......................Matthew
9:38
- LORD OF
HOSTS.........................Haggai
1:5
- LORD OF
LORDS.........................1
Tim. 6:15
- LORD OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS..............Jeremiah
23:6
- LOVE.................................1
John 4:8
- LOVINGKINDNESS.......................Psalm 144:2
- MAKER..................................Job
35:10, Psalm
95:6
- MAJESTY
ON HIGH........................Hebrews
1:3
- MAN
OF SORROWS.........................Isaiah
53:3
- MASTER..................................Luke
5:5
- MEDIATOR................................1
Timothy 2:5
- MERCIFUL
GOD............................Jeremiah
3:12
- MESSENGER
OF THE COVENANT................Malachi
3:1
- MESSIAH................................. John
4:25
- MIGHTY
GOD...............................Isaiah
9:6
- MIGHTY
ONE...............................Isaiah
60:16
- MOST UPRIGHT.............................Isaiah 26:7
- NAZARENE.................................Matthew 2:23
- OFFSPRING
OF DAVID.......................Revelation
22:16
- OMEGA....................................Revelation
22:13
- ONLY
BEGOTTEN SON........................John
1:18(kjv)
- OUR
PASSOVER LAMB........................1
Cor. 5:7
- OUR PEACE................................Ephesians 2:14
- PHYSICIAN................................Luke
4:23
- PORTION..................................Psalm
73:26,Psalm
119:57
- POTENTATE................................1
Timothy 6:15
- POTTER...................................Isaiah
64:8
- POWER
OF GOD.............................1
Cor. 1:24
- PRINCE
OF LIFE...........................Acts
3:15
- PRINCE
OF PEACE..........................Isaiah
9:6
- PROPHET..................................Acts
3:22
- PROPHET
OF THE HIGHEST...................Luke
1:76
- PROPITIATION.............................1John
2:2, 1John
4:10
- PURIFIER.................................Malachi 3:3
- QUICKENING SPIRIT........................1 Corinthians 15:45(kjv)
- RABBONI
(TEACHER)........................John
20:16
- RADIANCE
OF GOD'S GLORY..................Heb.1:3
- REDEEMER.................................Job
19:25
- REFINER'S
FIRE...........................Malachi
3:2
- REFUGE...................................Jeremiah
16:19
- RESURRECTION.............................John
11:25
- REWARDER.................................Hebrews
11:6
- RIGHTEOUS
ONE............................1
John 2:1
- ROCK.....................................1
Cor.10:4
- ROOT
OF DAVID............................Rev.
22:16
- ROSE
OF SHARON...........................Song
2:1
- RULER
OF GOD'S CREATION..................Rev.
3:14
- RULER
OVER KINGS OF EARTH................Rev
1:5
- RULER OVER ISRAEL........................Micah 5:2
- SAVIOR...................................Luke
2:11
- SCEPTRE..................................Numbers
24:17
- SEED.....................................Genesis
3:15
- SERVANT..................................Isaiah
42:1
- SHADE....................................Psalm
121:5
- SHEPHERD OF OUR
SOULS....................1Peter
2:25
- SHIELD...................................Genesis
15:1
- SHILOH...................................Genesis
49:10
- SONG.....................................Exodus
15:2, Isaiah
12:2
- SON OF
DAVID.............................Matthew
1:1
- SON OF
GOD...............................Matthew
27:54
- SON OF
MAN...............................Matthew
8:20
- SON OF THE MOST
HIGH.....................Luke
1:32
- SOURCE...................................Hebrews
5:9
- SPIRIT...................................John
4:24
- SPIRIT OF
ADOPTION.......................Romans
8:15
- SPIRIT OF GOD............................Genesis
1:2
- SPIRIT OF
TRUTH..........................John
14:17,15:26,16:13
- STAR OUT OF
JACOB........................Numbers
24:17
- STRENGTH.................................Jeremiah
16:19
- STONE....................................1
Peter 2:8
- STONE OF
ISRAEL..........................Genesis
49:24
- STRONGHOLD...............................Nahum
1:7
- STRONG
TOWER.............................Proverbs
18:10
- SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.....................Malachi 4:2
- TEACHER...................................John
13:13
- TEMPLE....................................Revelation
21:22
- THE
ONE...................................Psalm
144:2,10
- TRUE
LIGHT................................John
1:9
- TRUE
WITNESS..............................Revelation
3:14
- TRUTH.....................................John 14:6
- VINE......................................John 15:5
- WALL
OF FIRE...............................Zechariah
2:5
- WAY........................................John
14:6
- WISDOM
OF GOD..............................1
Cor. 1:24
- WITNESS....................................Isaiah
55:4
- WONDERFUL..................................Isaiah
9:6
- WORD.......................................John
1:1
- WORD
OF GOD................................Revelation
19:13
OLD TESTAMENT NAMES FOR GOD
ELOHIM......Genesis
1:1, Psalm
19:1
meaning
"God", a reference to God's power and might.
ADONAI......Malachi
1:6
meaning
"Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.
JEHOVAH--YAHWEH.....Genesis
2:4
a reference to
God's divine salvation.
JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM.......Exodus
31:13
meaning "The
Lord thy sanctifier"
JEHOVAH-ROHI......Psalm
23:1
meaning "The
Lord my shepherd"
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.......Ezekiel
48:35
meaning "The
Lord who is present"
JEHOVAH-RAPHA.........Exodus
15:26
meaning "The
Lord our healer"
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU......Jeremiah
23:6
meaning "The
Lord our righteousness"
JEHOVAH-JIREH.........Genesis
22:13-14
meaning "The
Lord will provide"
JEHOVAH-NISSI.........Exodus
17:15
meaning "The
Lord our banner"
JEHOVAH-SHALOM........Judges
6:24
meaning "The
Lord is peace"
JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH......Isaiah
6:1-3
meaning "The
Lord of Hosts"
JEHOVAH-GMOLAH........Jeremiah
51:6
meaning "The
God of Recompense"
EL-ELYON..............Genesis
14:17-20,Isaiah
14:13-14
meaning "The
most high God
EL-ROI................Genesis
16:13
meaning "The
strong one who sees"
EL-SHADDAI............Genesis
17:1,Psalm
91:1
meaning "The
God of the mountains or God Almighty"
EL-OLAM...............Isaiah
40:28-31
meaning "The
everlasting God"
How could I possibly need anything else?
Lord, thank you for being my All and All.
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