Hello, My Name Jehovah Sabaoth (Series On The Names Of God – #5)

We have looked at the DEFINITION OF JEHOVAH-SABAOTH.

He is JEHOVAH that deals with all the activities of our life, activities that we can see, and many times activities we can not see.

Let’s now look at-

II. THE POWER OF JEHOVAH-SABAOTH

The Lord Jehovah is always there for us when our back is against the wall.

We are familiar with the name JEHOVA, but you might be wondering what does the word Sabaoth mean?

Sometimes Sabaoth refers to the hosts of heaven (Psalm 148:2; 1 Kings 22:19), picturing God as Lord of the multitudes of angels, which are numbered as “a thousand thousand” and “ten thousand times ten thousand” (Daniel 7:10).

When we call upon God for help, He has these thousands and thousands of angels he can send to us for help.

Remember Sabaoth speaks of His army in heaven that He releases when our back is up against the wall.

We’re going to look at THREE biblical illustrations when Jehovah Sabaoth goes to battle when our backs are against the wall.

(1) When you feel oppressed

The first instance of Jehovah Sabaoth is found in 1 Samuel 1:3, where we read that Elkanah who was married to Hannah and Peninnah,

Peninnah had children but Hannah was barren and bothered by the whole ordeal.

We read in verse 6 Penninah couldn’t just be thankful that she had children she felt the need to needle and harass Hannah.

Hannah’s back was up against the wall, and she needed God to do battle for her.

In verse 11, she makes a vow saying, “O LORD Almighty [Jehovah Sabaoth], if you will only look upon your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life…”

She needed God to unleash the armies of heaven because she was at the end of her rope.

The Lord of Host Jehovah Saboath did just that and she had a baby.

We need Jehovah Saboath When you feel oppressed, and your back is against the wall.

Also…

2. When you feel overwhelmed

In 1 Samuel 17:45 God also unleashes the armies of heaven when we are overwhelmed, when the problems in front of us seem so huge and so big that we want to run the other way.

The Philistines were the arch enemies of Israel and had gathered for war in the Valley of Elah to take on God’s people. The Philistines had a champion named Goliath who was two feet taller than Shaquille O’Neal.

This mammoth of a man challenged the Israelites to a smackdown fight as he belched out blasphemies against God.

When David was there, he heard Goliath shout his usual defiance. This taunting had been going on twice a day for forty days. Each time the Israelites heard his voice, “they all ran away from him in great fear” (verse 24).

David then asked the question that should have been asked long ago in verse 26: “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God

David was willing to shut his mouth!

Saul then told David to go for it.

He picked up what he was used to – his staff, his slingshot, and then found five smooth stones and went off in search of the giant.

When Goliath came closer to David and saw that he was just a boy, he despised him and said in verse 43: “Am I a dog that you come at me with sticks?”