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Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless. (Genesis 17:1)

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MAGA

Those four letters when put together bring out all sorts of emotions from people. Today I’m writing about a different view on them. The use of them was or course, first used by President Trump as part of his campaign. I’m suggesting that all Christians have a different MAGA campaign we need to promote:

Make the Almighty Great Again

The roots of this “campaign” go all the way back to the first book in the Bible and the story of Abram, who later became Abraham: “Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.” (Genesis 17:1)

The website gotquestions.org says the following:

In Hebrew, the title “God Almighty” is written as El Shaddai and probably means “God, the All-powerful One” or “The Mighty One of Jacob.” When we see God as the Almighty, we are struck by His power and by the fact that He is indeed a great, mighty, and awesome God (Deuteronomy 10:17). The identity of God as Almighty serves to establish the sense of awe and wonder we have toward Him and the realization that He is God above all things without limitation. This is important in view of how He is described next in the Bible. In Exodus 6:2-3, God said to Moses, “I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.

It’s a word that isn’t taught or emphasized enough these days, especially when it comes to God and His might compared to ours. We often lose sight of the concept that we are here because He created this world and knew each of us “from before the foundation of the world.” (Ephesians 1:4)

Unlike Trump, God isn’t asking us to vote Him into power. He already serves and will be serving long after our time here on earth is finished.

He asks instead whether we will choose to follow Christ and become a member of His eternal Kingdom.