Hello My Name Is

“But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.”  ~Psalms 109:21 HCSB

Have you ever thought about your name or the names of others?  Names are important to us they help define who we are.  Our parents thought carefully about what to name us, there are exceptions to this rule.  Moon Unit Zappa comes to mind.  But even Frank Zappa named his daughter to set her apart.      Some names are traditional, and you’ll see they have a third of fourth tagged at the end of their name.  Some people don’t like their name and they change it to fit their personality or for professional reasons.  Some people change their names to hide from something in their past.  God takes His name very serious.  Over and over again we see God say in the Bible, “Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.” God takes His name serious because of who He is. 

God is all powerful, all knowing, and is everywhere.  He is the ultimate force in the universe, He created the universe.  There are no other gods. He is the only living God.  He is the ultimate good. He is holy, righteous, perfect in every way.  He is love, mercy and grace.  There is no greater name in existence.  When Moses was asked by God to lead His people out of Egypt, Moses asked, “who do I say sent me?”  “God replied to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you." God also said to Moses, "Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.”  (Exodus 3:14-15 HCSB) The phrase Yahweh when translated is “I will be what I will be”, so his name probably means “I will be”.  It is hard to know for sure because the Jewish people consider His name so holy they will not say it.  Even when they wrote it in scripture they would have taken a ceremonial bath afterwards.  One thing we do know it is God’s unique name and it is very important to Him.

Why is all of this important?  If you are one of His, He is not going to let anything happen to you that would discredit His name.  We can put our faith in Him because of His name.  Those who have put their trust in Christ, God’s son, we become His children.  We have the family name on us.  So when we read He deals kindly with me because of Your name, we know He will. 

Lord you are God, there is no other like You, Your name is above all names and I put my faith in You.  Lord glorify Your name in me today, use me to make Your name known to others!  Amen