YAHWEH (yah-WEH)

As I said in my first entry, the purpose of this blog is not to teach....it is to share. To share what I have learned and am still learning about the different names of God.
YAHWEH, Lord. It is exciting and scary at the same time for me to talk about the title YAHWEH. Exciting because it translates into Lord, it depicts God as Savior. Giving grace, and saving us from our sin. It's the name used when God spoke to Moses and said "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you'". I am so thankful that God stirred my heart and called me to Him, revealed to me my sin, and compelled me to confess it and accept him as Lord.
So why would this also be scary? Because of the sacredness and holiness of His name. There was a time when people would purposely misspell the name in fear of being blasphemous. They referred to it as "the name". They were careful to even speak it. This has really made me stop and think of how little reverence we give to God's name. For a long time, I thought taking God's name in vain meant saying and using it as a "slang" term. Using it as an exclamation..."Oh my ___" I still believe it is vain to use it as such, but I have come under the conviction that we do it in many more ways. I do believe that God speaks to people, I have felt him speaking to me at times, but I think we are sometimes too quick to say, "God told me...." or "I think this is what God is doing" Yes, God is loving and close to His children, and because of Jesus we are about to have a personal, intimate relationship with Him. But he is also Holy. I have said before the more I learn about God the more I realize there is much I don't know. He is YAHWEH, Lord. God Almighty. Unless we are quoting scripture directly from His word, I think we should be careful and prayerful when speaking on His behalf.
Studying this name has lead me to really look at my life. Does it reflect God as Lord? I can tell you that it does not always. I have a tendency to want to take the drivers seat, or at least have a plan B ready, in case God needs my help. It isn't a fun thing to search within and see the failures and imperfection and sin. It is comforting though, to know that I can let Him be Lord. My Savior and only Hope!