Abraham planted
a tamarisk tree at Beersheba
and there he called
on the name of the Lord,
the Everlasting God.
Genesis 21:33
We have learned so much about God just from the study of His names. Through His name God reveals to us His attributes. Let us take a close and detailed look at this name of God revealed to us by Abraham in Beersheba
The Lord the God of eternal strength. The God who is always mighty. The God who is perpetually powerful. The one who is the great, mighty one from the beginning of the world and is without end. Psalm 90:2 declares, “Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God”.
This is our God, the one who seeks us. “There was the true Light which coming into the world, enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him” (John 1:9–10). God has been calling out to man from the beginning. He has been calling out to all man.
He called out to Abram. He calls out to the world. He comes and he enlightens every man. Abraham responded to Him and called on the name of the Lord the Everlasting God.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree, an evergreen. These trees grow tall, and they are strong. They are able to tolerate conditions that destroy other trees. Their roots are able to reach deep into the soil and bring up the salt and water that is needed to sustain its life. By doing this, it is able to eliminate the competition of other plants in its area. It is spread from one place to another by cuttings.
God cut Abraham from his home and from his family. He also cut him from the false gods he worshiped. He, however, did not remove Abraham from the world or blind him to the temptations of this world. God did not have to because He knew that the deep-rooted life that He would give Abraham would destroy all competition of all other gods and any temptation he might face.
Abraham had learned so much about the One who called him out of the Ur
Abraham’s journey is recorded for us that we too might learn about this unknown God who sent His Son to die for us. This Son “whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.” (Hebrews 1:2).
This God blessed us with His written Word that we might know and understand who He is and who we are in light of Him. May we never take for granted the opportunity we have to rest in the truths found in the names of our God revealed to us in the Scriptures.
God speaks through David in Psalm 69:36, and He says “The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will dwell in it.”
Do you love His name?
“Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised” (Psalm 113:2–3).
Do you love His name?
“Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised” (Psalm 113:2–3).
May we never forget that our God is the mighty one from before the beginning of time and He is without end. Oh, precious one, learn who He is, that you too might live and walk in Him.
Oh Father,
What a miracle to even be able to call upon Your name. To know that in You and through You and for You, I too am now without end. I am able to forever worship You and call on Your name; one day to even be able to stand with Abraham and worship You with him. My mind cannot even wrap around this truth. Everlasting God, may Your eternal life take deep root in me. May I be so satisfied in You that the desires of this world are destroyed for they cannot compete with You. You are the Creator of time itself and You are not bound by it. You are perpetual, ancient of days, great and good. You are my God, and I worship You.
My Jesus, it is in Your name I pray,
Amen.
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