El Shaddai: Warm-Breasted One
I like that; conjures up images of love, comfort, warmth, security, provision. Could this be God?
These words create, in my mind, pictures of a God who cares about me and whose arms I would want to run to.
Breast- symbolic of nurturing, sustenance, pleasure and life.
Life? Yes, life.
God is not cold, distant, aloof and looking down on us with His nose turned distastefully up in the air.
God is warm and inviting and promises to answer even before we call and while we are yet speaking, He will hear (Isaiah 65:24).
Sounds like a caring and quite available God to me.
In the literal sense, a woman's breasts are the life force of a newborn baby. The human body has been designed by God so ingeniously that even prior to birth, the breast begin to fill with milk for the new life that is developing within. I can remember my own pregnancies and how painful it was sometimes as the milk supply seemed to greatly outweigh the demand. It seemed like I was storing up enough to feed a small army but thankfully my body "knew" to balance supply with demand, thus producing what was actually necessary and ultimately making both me and baby very happy-amen!
And it is also known that breast milk completely supplies everything a baby needs for the first few months of life. Again, sounds like God to me, nurturing us as a mother would a newborn babe, feeding us from Himself.
Is it then possible that God, the warm-breasted One also knows our vital needs and is more than able to give us what we need?
Yeah, bottle milk is o.k. but it is not the same as breast milk. We can substitute many things for the provision that comes from God alone but those things, whatever they may be are not the REAL THING.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention: Holy Spirit is called the Comforter(John 15:26).
Peace.
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I really like what you said about the images the word El Shaddai brought up for you. I was taught that El Shaddai meant "All Sufficient One" which is great, but your words added a different facet - a little extra spice if you will - to who God is. I truly have to be diligent in remembering God is so much more vast than I often allow Him to be. As you stated, He is the "Warm-breasted One" bringing nourishment, one who supplies, and satisfies. I have asked myself if I know this about God, then why do I sometimes struggle with this knowledge. Perhaps it's in those moments when I choose to believe this is true. I believe it so much more when life is going well. Yet, when a difficult challenge arises I balk. I revert to what makes my mind feel secure, puts my emotions at ease instead of allowing myself to relax and embrace that He is indeed the One who will bring me into all sufficiency- no matter what.
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