In The Name Of The Lord Almighty

1 Samuel 17:41-45 – Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him. He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!” David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Psalm 9:10 – Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Exodus 3:14 – God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

1 Samuel 1:3 – Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the Lord.

Application:

• ·         David’s strength was his reliance on the Lord.
• ·         “Those who know your name” are those who acknowledge in their hearts who the Lord is and also live out that acknowledgment.
• ·         “I AM WHO I AM” was the name by which God wished to be known and worshiped in Israel—the name that expressed his character as the dependable and faithful God who desires the full trust of His people.
• ·         The Lord Almighty was traditionally “the Lord of hosts”, a royal title. The title “the Lord of hosts” is perhaps best understood as a general reference to the sovereignty of God over all powers in the universe.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV