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May 6, 2026: YHWH, the Self-Existent One
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Daily Dose of Hope May 6, 2026 Name of God: YHWH, THE SELF-EXISTENT ONE Scripture: Exodus 3:14-15, 6:2-3, Psalm 83:18, Isaiah 42:8 Prayer: Yahweh, my God, Thank You for revealing Your Holy name. Thank You for being the same yesterday, today, and forever. I stand in awe of who You are. You are eternal, unchanging, and near. Help me to trust You more deeply, to honor Your name in all I do, And to walk in the beauty of Your covenant love. Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope daily Bible reading plan. Today, we are starting the names of God. This will be different because we will be flipping around in the Scripture, but I'm hoping we will all learn something new. Fair warning – although there may be only a few verses listed, it will be a lot easier to read the whole narrative to get a feel for what it is trying to communicate. Let's start by talking about the significance of names in the Old Testament. Most ancient cultures, including Israel, believed that to know a person's name was to know their character and nature. Likewise, the names of God were also intended to reveal different aspects of His character. Today, we will talk about YHWH, a name for God considered so holy that Old Testament Jews did not say it out loud. Even today, some devout Jews will not write or pronounce this name of God out loud. It is the personal, sacred name of God that can be translated, I AM WHO I AM, the self-existent one, He brings into existence, or He will be. This form of God's name is the most frequently used noun in the Old Testament, and it is written over 6,800 times. Thus, it goes without saying that the four Scriptures we read are just a drop in the bucket of YHWH references in the Hebrew texts. Our first Scripture text for today is the Moses and the burning bush narrative. When God appeared to Moses at the burning bush, Moses asked God for his name. He wanted to tell the enslaved Israelites who had sent him to deliver them. God told Moses to tell them "I AM has sent me to you" and also "the LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you." Likewise, in chapter 6:2-6, God also said to Moses, "I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,a]">[a [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%206&version=NIV#fen-NIV-1659a]] but by my name the Lord I did not make myself fully known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners. Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. "Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. But aren't Lord and I AM two different names? Actually, most scholars believe that the names yhwh ("LORD") and ʾhyh ("I AM") both come from the same word, the Hebrew "to be" verb, though in different forms. YHWH can generally be translated "He is." But for my English grammar nuts, in Hebrew that is a complete sentence. We don't need to finish it with an explanation of what He is. It simply means, "He exists." Thus, it becomes apparent how this name of God describes the truth of His self-sufficiency and complete independence and autonomy. God isn't dependent on or influenced by anything external to himself. YHWH simply is. He is always present, always faithful and always who He says He is. In every season, in every generation, in every circumstance—He remains the same. In the Exodus Scripture that we read, we can see that God is establishing the truth of his self-existence. Moses doesn't need to be scared of Pharoah, because I AM is with him. I AM, or the Lord, is above Pharoah, above and separate from everything really. And yet, while YHWH is self-existent and never-changing, He is also demonstrating that He will be present with his people. He has not abandoned them. I AM is the God of their fathers and their God as well. YHWH is the name God uses when He makes covenant with His people. It is the name tied to relationship, to promise, to faithfulness. I also want to touch on the Scripture from the Psalms, Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord—that you alone are the Most High over all the earth. In the King James translation, this verse called God, Jehovah. Just for our information (because this will probably come up again), Jehovah and YHWH come from the same word for God. However, Jehovah is the Latinized version and YHWH (the Lord) comes from the ancient Hebrew. Most scholars believe that Jehovah is not a good translation at all. So, what does the name YHWH mean for us? * It means we are never alone. YHWH walks with His people. * It means every promise He made—He will keep. * It means when we pray, we are calling on the same name that split the sea, shut the mouths of lions, and raised the dead to life. Blessings, Pastor Vicki
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