Proverbs 18 10 The name of the LORD

Proverbs 18: 10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run into it and are safe. “safe” = “inaccessibly high”

Proverbs 18: 11 The wealth of the rich Is their fortified city; They imagine it a wall too high to scale.

Isaiah 55: 8 -11 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, " declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

II Corinthians 12: 1 -2 …I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. . . Ezekiel 8: 3 He stretched out what looked like a hand took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God He took me… Revelation 4: 1 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you…” God knows how to give us higher vantage points from which to view circumstances …and “stay safe” up there!

Proverbs 18: 10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run into it and are safe. How do you “run into” a name? ?

Obviously, it’s going to require pursuit on all the levels! Your brain alone can’t get you there…

Exodus 6: 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them. NAMES in the mind of God are not just IDENTIFIERS, they are IDENTITIES! But, also, we must realize that NAMES are more than just functional titles in God’s economy: They represent ESSENCE, PRESENCE AND POTENTIAL!

What if not taking the Lord’s Name in vain is far more than just not cursing or lying? What if it is a failure to recognize all that He is and IMMERSE ourselves into it? Hebrew word for “vain” can mean “falsehood” or “emptiness and nothingness”….

I am that I am is a common English translation of the Hebrew phrase – also "I am who I am", "I will become what I choose to become", "I am what I am" or "I will be what I will be" or "I create what(ever) I create".

God is so VAST and incomprehensible…

…YET He gives us LENSES to view HIM!

Exodus 33: 18 -19 Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory. ” And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence.

The biggest question you can ask God in any circumstance is, “What aspect of You should I be discovering right now? ” What facet of your Being are You wanting to unfold inside me at this juncture?

I will become what I will become TO YOU as you honor (observe) it…. !

Let’s dive deep into His multi-faceted nature and possibilities through the “lenses” of His Names!

What to expect as we journey together: • To discover a HIGHTOWER of His creating which is both our vantage point AND our safe place! • To widen the aperture for His SHOWING UP in all the areas of our lives. • To grow in our sense of TRUST in Him, simultaneously releasing ourselves from performance pressure! • To move from mere mental assent to living FIRE in our acknowledgment of His goodness! • To discover and come alive to WHO WE ARE!

Mirror Neurons: We are wired to reflect what we perceive!

When I worship His NAME and observe and honor the specific aspects of His divine nature, I begin to experience them as my own! ”You become like what you worship. ” MADE IN HIS IMAGE, I was certainly made to MIRROR HIM! (If I don’t, I will still mirror what I have been BEHOLDING!)

One of the strangest stories in the Bible: Genesis 30: 25 -43 JACOB AND THE RODS

At the burning bush, where Moses was introduced to the Name of the Lord--the ESSENCE, PRESENCE AND POSSIBILITIES of that Name—He was also introduced to HIS OWN IDENTITY AND CALLING!

Philemon 1: 6 I pray for you that the faith we share may effectively deepen your understanding of every good thing that is in you in Christ. I pray that your fellowship with us in our common faith may give you a deeper understanding of all the possibilities that our union with Christ brings. That the communication of your faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. You also have ESSENCE, PRESENCE, and POSSIBILITIES! As you exalt His Name, you come into your own!

Revelation 2: 17 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.