Exodus 6:2-3 English Standard Version
2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.
Psalm 19:14 English Standard Version (ESV) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
We begin from a position where this meditation is sourced. What we discover is found in this personal relationship with our Lord and Savior. This is a spiritual effort, not a matter of reasoning with a mind that is still in training to align its thoughts with those of our Lord.
We are in the later years in this experiment in knowing God, not knowing Him as only the God Almighty but rather in multiple aspects of God’s identity. In this effort we must move ourselves from this relationship into one that was meaningful to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
What we know of God Almighty should be seen in how He interacts with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It will not be right to identify all the aspects of His identity as the Almighty if He does not act in a manner which is not shown to these three men.
The first character of the Almighty is self-sufficiency. He is God alone and needs no one to enact or force His will upon His creation. He does not show Himself to be self-sufficient even though that is true. He offers Himself up in speech. He speaks with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as God who desires to be known.
What the Almighty says to them sets the tone for a lifelong relationship that is rooted in faith. God speaks, they believe, they obey. There are conditional promises made and unconditional promises made. It is in these promises that the parts of the identity of the Almighty are shown.
Not every part of God Almighty is seen in these relationships, only those that serve God’s will and purpose.