Your Great Name
Hanging on our wall are
these seemingly silent letters. They call me to stop and listen to Jesus.
Choose the good portion (Luke 10:41-42). Stop and listen. Trust who I am. Wait
on Me. Be satisfied in Me. Step in my leading.
My heart is filled,
steady, and unwavering when I dwell on Who God is; when I choose to dwell
there. When I choose to dwell elsewhere I see the distracting waves pulling me
down.
His steadfast character
engraved on my heart and etched into this wood. To make Him known.
"Some
trust in chariots and some in horses, but we TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR
GOD...Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, through all
generations." Psalm 20:7; 135:13
These are some of the
Lords names and characteristics most significant to me. As I pressed these
letters into the pine wood, they were being pressed and inscribed deeper into
my heart.
We are the indwelling
of His name to make Him known.
In the book of
Deuteronomy over and over again God tells the people of Israel...when you get
into the promise land, do not set up an altar or any other worship place except
"to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make His name
there"...over and over
(Deut. 12:4-5,11,13-14,26; 14:23; 15:20; 16:2,11; 18:6; 26:2) yet 10 of
the 12 tribes are led astray by Jeroboam to set up alternate worship places, to
do their own thing. When we leave the land intended for us we leave
the Lord's intended provisions, protection, and purpose. When we pursue our own
agenda we loose sight of what matters, of what is lasting and fulfilling.
I want to make His name
known, not my own. As His image-bearers - what are you reflecting? What are you making known about Him?
Who is Jesus to you?
What draws you to Him? Do you dwell on those things? Tell others about Him?
Make Him known!
"cannot fully
fathom the unchangeable, unconquerable, immoveable, irremovable, unwavering,
untiring, unflinching love of God"
"Your
Great Name" by Natalie Grant
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