Daily Devotional – 3/19/13 “What’s in a name?”

Well, that depends on the name you’re calling. See, I’ve learned that there is something about calling on the name of Jesus. Something about saying Father God, Lord Jesus! Something that stirs in your spirit when you whisper His name before falling asleep, before taking a test, before getting the results from the doctor, before driving home drunk, before the money runs out and even after the money runs out. There’s something about this name that gives you the assurance that everything will be alright even if you can’t see through the tears you’re crying. Something about that name lets you know that all is well even when the refrigerator is bare. Something about that name lets you know that you will make it even after the job has laid you off. Yea, there is something about the name of Jesus, something about the name of God, something about the name of the Father that removes all doubt. Something about that name that makes me smile in the midst of my storm. Something about that name that makes me greater than the obstacles that has been set by my enemies. Oh, something about that name that allows me to call His name this morning not to ask for anything but to simply thank Him for everything. Why, because when I should have been dead He allowed me to live, when I should have given up He allowed me to keep going, when I wanted to give up He gave me a little more strength in my bones, when I thought I was nothing He allowed me to see that indeed I was something, when I made mistakes He forgave me for them, when I went left instead of going right He made left another option, when folks closed doors in my face He turned them into blessings, when sickness attacked my body He gave me a blessing in my healing and when my enemy covered themselves in friends & family’s clothes He opened my eyes to see them for who they were. Oh, that name!

That name moves obstacles, open doors, stops heartache, heals pain, delivers addictions, breaks chains, saves sinners, picks up the fallen, restores the broken, sustains your soul, refills your hope, promotes you without the degree, heals you without the surgery, provides for you without a job, fills you with love without a spouse or significant other, lightens your path without a lamp, raises you up when others doubt and blesses you with a gift that takes you places you never thought you’d be …. Oh, that name!