Devotional: I am who I am

Judges 13 
17. Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes true?” 18 He replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.” 19 Then Manoah took a young goat, together with the grain offering, and sacrificed it on a rock to the Lord. And the Lord did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched: 20 As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground. 21 When the angel of the Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the angel of the Lord. 22 “We are doomed to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen God!” (NIV) 

Revelation 19 
11. I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. (NIV) 

Worship (Your Name) 

Father God, Your name is beyond comprehension 
It is too wonderful to know, way too high and too lofty for me 

It is a mystery, beyond language or thought 
It is far above all human knowing 

You name is so deep, that our contemplations are lost in its immensity  
So profound, that all of our pride is drowned in its infinity 

Lord Jesus, You are called Faithful and True 
But You have another name that is beyond understanding 

It is a mystery that only You know about 
No one can ever figure it out, for it is unknowable to the human mind 

The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy 
Cannot fathom the complexity of Your name 

Lord God, what we do know of Your name is cause for gladness 
And what we do not know remains cause for wonder and awe 

You never tell everything about Yourself 
For there is no name in any language that fully captures who You are 

It is humbling, it is overwhelming, it is awe-inspiring 
And it is overpowering - yet consoling 

Other subjects we can compass and grapple with 
But our plumb-lines simply cannot sound the depth of Your name 

That is why, You will always remain 
The “I AM WHO I AM” 

Selah – I pause and calmly think about that 
Amen 

©F. Faye Doman 

Song: Your Name – Paul Baloche 

I just read the story of how God manifested Himself as the Angel of the Lord to Samson’s parents. He came to them as a mysterious stranger and talked with them and then vanished from their sight in a flame. Pretty cool, huh!  

But more importantly was when they asked Him His name, He did not reveal it to them.  And I remembered the apostle John’s vision, how Jesus also has a name that He does not reveal to anyone. There are obviously some things about God that are just too deep for us to wrap our finite minds around. 


~Faye Doman