Jehovah Sneaky – The God Who Surprises!

Have you ever just “needed a surprise” from God? For God just to do something emanating from  His heart of a Father that LOVES to SURPRISE HIS CHILDREN….

Ephesians 3:7 – This is my life work: helping people understand and respond to this Message. It came as a sheer gift to me, a real surprise, God handling all the details. When it came to presenting the Message to people who had no background in God’s way, I was the least qualified of any of the available Christians. God saw to it that I was equipped, but you can be sure that it had nothing to do with my natural abilities.  MSG

Many times in the Old Testament, God brought the element of surprise into the battle to ensure victory!  As a parent, and when my husband was alive on earth and with us, we surprised our son with so many blessings and gifts.

A surprise is an astonishment, a wonder, and an amazement!  God is doing the amazing!  He’s planning surprises right now!  In fact, if you look at the Old Testament redemptive names of God, they reveal His character.  God, our Creator, never stands aloof and afar from His creation!

He came down to help us, rescue us, save us, and make  us one in relationship with Him.  In doing that, He revealed Himself.  In fact, the covenant name of JEHOVAH comes from the verb “TO BE” and includes past, present, and future.  He’s the ONE Who was, Who is, and Who is to come!  In other words, He’s eternal!

He has manifested Himself, He does manifest Himself, and He yet will manifest Himself!  He’s everything you need — even when you need a surprise!

Let’s take a look at some of these Character-Revealing Names of God!  As my young son once said, “Wow, Mom, God’s got some really cool nick-names!”

• Jehovah Rapha – The Lord our Healer.  Exodus 15:26

• Jehovah Nissi – The Lord our Banner.  Exodus 17: 8-15

• Jehovah Shalom – The Lord our Peace.  Judges 6:24

• Jehovah Ra’ah – The Lord our Shepherd.  Psalm 23:1

• Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:6

• Jehovah Jireh – The Lord our Provider.  Genesis 22:14

• Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is there.  Ezekiel 48:35

And one of my all-time personal ones…..

• Jehovah Sneaky – The Lord Who SURPRISES!

EXPECT OUR FATHER GOD, JEHOVAH SNEAKY, TO SURPRISE YOU TODAY!

Luke 5: 9 – Peter and everyone with him were completely surprised at all the fish they had caught.

Matthew 8:27 – The men in the boat were amazed and said, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him.”

Isaiah 64:3 – Your fearsome deeds have completely amazed us; even the mountains shake when you come down.

Mark 5:42 – And instantly the girl got up and started walking around–for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement.

Isaiah 29:14 – Therefore, behold! I will again do marvelous things with this people, marvelous and astonishing things;

Hmmmm……..Jehovah Sneaky!!!  Let’s Claim That Today!