ISAIAH 43:1 NKJV
“But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel:
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by your name;
You are mine.”
Hebrew: shem = “name”
Hebrew: neshama = “soul”
// “CALLING” = The customized life purpose which God has designed for you to accomplish. The goal is to bring Him the greatest glory and maximum expansion of His kingdom.
1. We are created with a
and a
to live out.
JEREMIAH 1:5-9 NLT
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
“O Sovereign LORD,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”
The LORD replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!” Then the LORD reached out and touched my mouth and said, “Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
2. We have to go to
to have our
given to us.
GENESIS 12:3
“…and all the peoples on the earth will be blessed through you”
GENESIS 15:4-6
Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
GENESIS 17:5
“Your name will no longer be Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many nations.”
GENESIS 22:17-18
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies. And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.”
REVELATION 7:9-10
After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!”
3. An
can battle the heavenly
.
GENESIS 27:35-36
But he replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.”
So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?” For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.”
GENESIS 32:24-28
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.
Then he said to Jacob, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
“What is your name?” the man asked.
“Jacob,” he replied.
“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” he said. “It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
4. Don’t accommodate the
and say, “That’s just me.”
JOHN 1:42
When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of Jonah. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”).
MATTHEW 16:16-19
“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus responded, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.”
5. Time with
means he can speak to our
.
// The enemy wants us to
from Jesus and turn to ourselves in
and
.
1 KINGS 10:23-24
King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom. The whole world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
PROVERBS 28:26
“The one who trusts in himself is a fool…”
1 KINGS 11:4
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
1 KINGS 11:9
The LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel.
EXODUS 3:10-12
“…go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” He answered, “I will certainly be with you…”
JUDGES 6:12
Then the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “The LORD is with you, valiant warrior.”
JUDGES 6:14-16
The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the grasp of Midian. I am sending you!”
He said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s family.”
“But I will be with you,” the LORD said to him. “You will strike Midian down as if it were one man.”
JUDGES 8:22-23
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you as well as your sons and your grandsons, for you delivered us from the power of Midian.”
But Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you.”
6. We must maintain a
dependence on
.
7. Ultimately, the names of
are
important.
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