Who is God to You?

After reading the Book of Ezekiel, I discovered that Ezekiel frequently referred to God as the Sovereign Lord. This revelation led me to notice the many other instances throughout Scripture where God's sovereignty is mentioned.

For example, in Ezekiel 45:9:
“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel..."

And in Amos 4:7:
“This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.”

To be sovereign means to be in charge, to be the ruler. As I reflect on this, I've come to realize that often, when God is encountered in the Bible, people tend to name Him based on what He did or the circumstances in which He appeared. For instance, when Hagar called God the EL-Roi, she did so after feeling unseen and neglected in Abraham's household as a slave. After she ran away, the Lord spoke to her, asking her to return. In that moment, Hagar realized that she was not just a pawn in Sarah's plan, but that everything was part of God's greater purpose. She named God El-Roi, meaning "The God Who Sees Me."

This made me reflect on a question that I would like to share with you today: Who is God to you? What have you experienced that has led you to call Him by a particular name? For example, if you call God your help, how has He helped you in a way that makes you identify Him as your Helper? Or are you calling Him that simply because someone else does?

When we begin to meditate on the little ways the Lord works in our lives, we start to recognize His sovereignty. God deals with each of us uniquely in ways that cannot be compared to anyone else's experience. Some may see Him as their Helper, others as their Ever-Present Help, and still others as their Healer and Restorer.

So, who is God to you? What is it that you can't live without, the thing that sustains you and enables your survival? God is calling us to trust His sovereignty in our lives, so that we may experience Him personally and truly come to understand who He is.

Stay revived!