May 15 Devotion - Knowing God through His Names - Part 7 - Jehovah Mekaddishkem

Jehovah Mekaddishkem: “The Lord your Sanctifier.” Portrays the Lord as our means of sanctification or as the one who sets believers apart for His purposes. God makes it clear that He alone, not the law, can cleanse His people and make them holy.

so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I am the Lord who sanctifies you and sets you apart [for Myself].

لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي يُقَدِّسُكُمْ.

Exodus 31:13

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُشَكِّلُونَ جمَاعَةَ كَهَنَةٍ مُلُوكِيَّةً، وَسُلاَلَةً اخْتَارَهَا اللهُ، وَأُمَّةً كَرَّسَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ، وَشَعْباً امْتَلَكَهُ. وَذَلِكَ لِكَيْ تُخْبِرُوا بِفَضَائِلِ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ مِنَ الظَّلاَمِ إِلَى نُورِهِ الْعَجِيبِ!

1 Peter 2:9

To be effective in the will of God we must allow the process of sanctification through the prompting of The Holy Spirit and the word of God…..We are becoming a new creation in Christ. We are always in the process of being changed by His Spirit right from the time of our new birth until we reach the place of eternal life. If we want to become Christ-like we must surrender to the process of being sanctified. The choice is ours and ours alone….The Holy Spirit will never override our will.

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Thank You Jehovah Mekaddishkem that You are Holy and that You help me and that You do not leave me to struggle alone depending on my own strength trying to achieve a state of holiness that's impossible to attain. You are Jehovah Mekaddishkem "The God Who Makes Holy". What I cannot do on my own, You are willing to do in me if I let You. Help me to surrender to You Jehovah Mekaddishkem. Thank You that You have set me apart for yourself and called me out of darkness into Your marvelous light. Abba Father, Adonai, I revere You, worship You, I stand in awe of You, I lift You up on high, and glorify Your Holy Name. Jehovah Mekaddishkem I pray to You in the Holy Name of Jesus my Lord and Saviour. To Jesus be the glory, the power, the dominion, the majesty and the blessings before all time, now, and forevermore. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein