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How many times times have you heard someone say, “I don’t know how this happened (something bad), God must be angry with me!”? This could not be further from the truth. Why do we have this image in our head and hearts that God is some angry man in the sky who is watching and waiting for us to mess up so He can FIX US?

In this series “To Know Him” We are going to discover, discuss and reflect on the true nature of Abba Father.

How does THE God get such a bad reputation? Who is handling His PR?

The saddest thing is that the church or many Christians feel this very same way about God. How is it that the same God who is love, 1 John 4:7-18, could have such an anger management issue amongst the very same body of “believers” who call Him Father?

WE DON’T KNOW HIM!  

We know who our parents knew, who someone else knew and shared with us, we know the God we see on T.V. or in cartoons, We know the stories- mostly fables; however, we have never spent any time getting to know God for ourselves. All throughout the bible references stick out like a sore thumb of how God desires our companionship and longs for time with YOU! And we wonder why our relationships don’t work.

Today we start with one of the many names of God, I figure how can you truly know someone if you don’t know there name, or in this case names? My desire is that this section encourages you to seek a sincere, honest and open relationship with HIM!

El Shaddai

(el shad-di’)
All-Sufficient One, Lord God Almighty

Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament El Shaddai occurs 7 times. El Shaddai is first used in Gen 17:1.

El Shaddai in the Septuagint: theou saddai — God Shaddai; pantokratôr (for Shaddai) — the Almighty

Meaning and Derivation: El is another name that is translated as “God” and can be used in conjunction with other words to designate various aspects of God’s character. Another word much like Shaddai, and from which many believe it derived, is shad meaning “breast” in Hebrew (some other scholars believe that the name is derived from an Akkadian word Šadu, meaning “mountain,” suggesting strength and power). This refers to God completely nourishing, satisfying, and supplying His people with all their needs as a mother would her child. Connected with the word for God, El, this denotes a God who freely gives nourishment and blessing, He is our sustainer.

Further references of the name El Shaddai in the Old Testament: Gen 17:1; Gen 28:3; Gen 35:11; Gen 43:14; Gen 48:3

as taken from blueletterbible.com