DAY 16.
WORSHIP HIS NAME
“…HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME…”
Today we are on our last cycle through the “Holy is your name” part of the Lord’s Prayer together. I have a few ideas for us to meditate on today in our prayer time. Why is it so important to worship God’s name? Why is the name such a big deal?
Last week, we talked about how a name reveals the essence of that person: where they are from, their family, and what they are meant to do. It is the same with God. God has revealed His nature and character to us by revealing His name to us: I AM. The One who always was, who is and is to come. God, the creator of all things. He is the One that has no beginning and no end. He has no need of us, but so we can relate to Him, He reveals and explains who He is to us. It’s because He loves us! If that were not enough, He patiently tells of us of who He is by the way He acts toward us, speaks to us and pursues us.
God the Father decided to rescue us through Jesus, the faithful Son of God, so we could inherit His name. Through Jesus’ name: His character, His nature, and what He accomplished for us on the cross by paying our debt of sin, we have been adopted into God’s family. We now carry the name of Jesus. Just like adopted kids get the name of their new family, we have Jesus’ name. What a powerful name!
Peter says this in Acts chapter 4:
‘Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” ‘
Acts 4:12 NIV
Jesus’ mighty name is the only one who saves. That is what the people in your world need to know, and they’ll know it by the way you live and worship. The jury is still out if you ask most people about who Jesus really is, but if you’re His, you know the truth. Think about the people in your world that God wants to save in Jesus’ name. Ask God to reveal His name to them so that they can trust in the only name that saves. Ask God to help you lift His name high, above all other things in your life, so that the people in your world can see Jesus, that they might turn to Him and join you in His family.
Jesus says this in Matthew:
‘And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” ‘
John 12:32 NIV
Theres people in your life that Jesus wants to draw to Himself, as you exalt and worship Him with your life.
PRAY THIS:
Father, in Jesus mighty name I have everything. In Jesus mighty name I have new purpose. In Jesus name I am fully accepted. In Jesus name I am free from sin and death. In Jesus name I am fully your child. In Jesus name I have a life better than I could have asked for or imagined. Jesus be lifted up in my life as the only source of salvation, the only Way, the only Truth and the only Light. Draw the people you have put in my path to You. Amen
WORSHIP: (WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME)