Rohi

out of the 8 names of Jehovah God, I realised today that half of them refer to a place or object.

Abraham called the mountain where he found a ram provided by God as "The Lord Will Provide"

Moses called the altar he built after Israel won against the Amalek as "The Lord Is My Banner"

Gideon called the altar he built after he met an Angel of the Lord as "The Lord Is Peace"

God told Ezekel that the name of the city is "The Lord Is There"

but the other 4 names, "The Lord who heals", "The Lord who sanctifies", "The Lord our Sheperd", "The Lord our Righteousness" refers to God Himself. They refer to a being that can move around.

Psalms 23:1-2 says "The Lord is my shepherd;I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters."

to lead someone is to be with, or be close/near to the leader/follower. The Lord our Sheperd will then mean that He is close. Healing is close. Sanctification and Righteousness is near. And wherever you go, these things are always close.

we need healing for all the hurts we have and we received. we need sanctification to go on to maturity. we need righteousness to be free.

but sometimes we go under, we felt under, we think that we cannot go on anymore and we fall down to the ground and weep at our own weakness and our failures. But God the Sheperd, the Healer, the Sanctifier, the Righteousness comes quickly and remind us that it is He who heals. It is He who sanctifies. It is He who grants us righteousness. It was never the work of our hands that grant us these things.

How comforting is it to know that it is not by power nor by might that we can have these things. How comforting is it to know that when storms arise and we are overwhelmed, God came and pulled us out with healing, sanctification and righteousness. How comforting is it to know that as we rest, God is there, God provides, God protects, God is peace.