Day 4: Be Your Name
When we find ourselves asking to be aligned with the holiness of our God, we find ourselves asking to be aligned with the holiness of His Name. This is the Name that is above every other name. This Name not only reveals who God was, who God is, but who God will be. This Name is the revelation of our gracious God who has stepped into flesh and is manifesting His holiness in praying this phrase for His disciples to grasp onto, to breathe in and out, and to ultimately allow to happen to them.
In praying, “Hallowed be Your Name” we are asking for the Lord to align us with the nature of His name and His character. We are joining the great cloud of witnesses in asking to not only speak out, but to know, trust, love, and live from Yahweh Shammah (The Lord is There). We are believing and acting in the Lord who heals (Yahweh Rapha). We are declaring that in the complete otherness of His name, that Jesus is the only One that will save us, and the only One that will be our Lord. We are assigning not just our faith in who God has been, but who God is right now, and who God will be in the future.
As we believe in His Name, we are aligned with His Name, and ultimately, we begin to trust that who God says He is, is who He really is. We begin to believe and live from the truth of who He says we are. We begin to live wholly and holy differently, because we are aligned with the Name that holds all things together, and is the only Name that brings fullness and eternity of life. Amen.
Action: It is very easy to speak about other names with more fame or excitement than the Name of our Lord. When we find ourselves slipping into the mundane and repetitive cycles of declaring every other name but the name of the Lord, simply breathe: Jesus, LORD, align me with Your Name.
