Psalm 78:35
“They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.”
Do you realize we currently have access to, and relationship with, the highest authority that ever existed? Among his many names, he is El Elyon, the Hebrew translation for “God Most High.”
On this earth, we have levels of authority and the Bible tells us God has established all authority, therefore they are to be respected. So, which authority would you deem the highest on earth? The President of the United States, the Supreme Court, the Pope, the United Nations, or others?
Nevertheless, for the Bible believer, there is the one who created everything on earth and beyond, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last–El Elyon–God Most High.
This means there is no other person above him. He is all-powerful, everywhere present, and all-knowing. He is the great Creator of all things seen and unseen. But most amazingly, He is now our Father. Because we accepted his Son, Jesus Christ, and his atonement for our sins, we “Gentiles” have been adopted into his family as sons and daughters. Do we really know what this means?
A few things we can take away from embracing El Elyon’s authority:
First, there is no one more greater or powerful that exists. So our understanding of this fact would give us the confidence in knowing we have the best of care and his Holy Spirit is alive in us. Even when it appears all is going wrong, Romans 8:28 assures us that “… in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose..”
Second, along with the reality that our God is El Elyon, he is also Pele Yoetz–Wonderful Counselor. So we are also blessed to have access to his counsel in all things. Isn’t that incredible? Now, godly wisdom sets our priorities with the Most High God as supreme. Our thoughts become aligned with his will by learning and meditating on his principles and precepts for living. We are joined together in unity as one Body of Christ with his goals being ours.
Third, we are not only graced with his Holy Spirit and wisdom but his protection. I’m reminded of the story in Daniel 3:26 where Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, three young men of God, were thrown into a fiery furnace because of their allegiance to him. In the end, even King Nebuchadnezzar, the great Babylonian king, at the entrance of the blazing furnace, acknowledged them as servants of the “Most High God.” They had been cast into a ferocious fire that immediately burned to death those men that cast them in, yet caused them not even the smell of smoke as they exited unharmed!
Finally, throughout the Bible, God has proven to his people and his enemies, his status as God Most High. We should remember this and our position as a connected family, now citizens of heaven, seated with Jesus in heavenly places (Philippians 3:20 and Ephesians 2:6).
We can rest confident that the highest authority–El Elyon–has all the power to continually provide for and protect us. It may take a lifetime to actually have total trust in this reality. Nevertheless, the sooner we truly believe it the better.
May God Most High help us all to fully trust what is written in his word.
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