The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai, the Lord, the God of Israel.                                                                                                              Judges 5:5

A name often tells so much about its possessor.  We’ve lost that art of naming our children names that truly mean something.  We usually name them something that we think sounds good with the rest of the family, flows with the other kids names, meshes well with the last name.  Names used to mean something.  In biblical times, there was much to be learned from a name.  So when we go to learn about the Lord of the Bible, the names given Him there likely tell us much about Him.

Deborah calls Him the One of Sinai.  I love this title.  I have two favorite chapters in this incredible Word.  One is Revelation 19, and the other is Exodus 19.  Exodus 19 is the story of how my God got that great name, the One of Sinai.  Read it.  It’s beautiful and powerful and insightful and awe-inspiring.  If you lack reverence for this unmatched God of mighty men and women of old, read it!  He reigns in power among those verses in the same way He desires to reign in power in you.  (I really mean it, stop and read it right now.)

Here are a few other names of our King:

Jehovah Nissi – Jehovah is my banner

Jehovah Tsidkenu – Jehovah is my right (as in natural, moral, or legal right or place)

Jehovah Shalom – Jehovah is peace

Jehovah Shammah – Jehovah is thither (old word, means near)

Jehovah Jireh – Jehovah will see

A banner tells what something is. If God is my banner, He tells me what I am, who I am, that I am His.  He is my purpose and my direction, my map and my predecessor.

Because of Christ’s redeeming work in me, I have rights.  Through Christ I have the right to enter the throne room of grace, the right to stand before the eternal seat of the eternal God!

While the Father is forever Judge and King, the Son is ever my Advocate, the Intercessor, and my Savior.  God Himself became peace in order to make peace available to me through the Son.

In order to make all this a reality, God came thither.  My God is not distant.  He is not far away.  My God is near!

He sees and He knows and He still offers a way and He still goes before and He still calls me His own.

This powerhouse of a God who came down like fire of Mt. Sinai is my Jehovah Shammah.  This infinitely astounding Lord of Heaven and Earth, this One of Sinai is my Jehovah Shalom.

Read those verses people!  Witness this great God we serve! This God of the mountain stands primed and ready to descend on any mountain you face today. This God of fire can burn off all that is impure in you today.  This God of warning stands waiting to guide you on your path today.  This God of Mt. Sinai, this Man who drew near, this King who holds court in your very soul, are all One and the same!

These stories we read and these characteristics and images that we see displayed in Scripture are vital to our lives today.  They tell us who He is, what He’s like, what He demands (yes demands) of us, who we are, and who by the power of this same God we are meant to be.

This is the God you serve!

This is the God who condescended to being wrapped in infant flesh!

This is the God who came near!

This is the God who goes before you!

This is the God who made a way!

This is the God who holds your chin, lifts your head, and feeds you with His own hand!

This is the God who says “Go”!

This is the God who sees you!

This is the God who loves you anyway!

This is the God who will last when all other gods fade away and disappoint!

This is the God who commands you: March on, dear soul; be strong! (Judges 5:21)

This God, the One, this Jehovah, this Man, He’s my Father, He’s my Protector, He’s my Sustainer, He’s my Deliverer, He’s my Comforter, He’s not merely my Savior, He’s my King!