HIS NAME

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.   Zechariah 13:9 (KJV)

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Have you ever been in a big store or gathering place and across the air you hear “Mom?” Automatically, anyone who has ever been a mom turns toward the voice. It doesn’t matter if all of your kids are grown and out of the house – it’s something you instinctively do. I have laughed at myself many times for turning around and saying “Yes” when I knew I had arrived at the establishment alone!! I guess I’m programmed to heed to the call of any child’s voice.

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A few weeks ago I was in a restaurant when I heard a woman say “Jesus!” as part of her sentence of displeasure. My ears perked and I noticed that the party of 4 all used my Savior’s Name as part of their regular dialog, not in reverence, but as if it were a placeholder for the lack of a better swear word.

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I wondered if He turned His head when His Name was spoken. Did He interrupt what He was doing to see if there was a problem or prayer He needed to attend to, only to find that there was no relationship to His Name, it was used only to emphasize a statement. Did it break His heart? It broke mine.

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Are we in a culture so callous to our God and the preciousness of His Son that it is acceptable to use their name anyway one chooses? Will it cause Him to disregard those people’s voices, like the town disregarded the little boy’s voice in the story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

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The language in our home is restricted – I like it that way. I don’t want to ever take my Lord for granted, not even in a daily phrase. When I call on His Name, I want Him to know it’s me. I want Him to know it’s because I need relationship with Him and perhaps an answer to prayer.

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May I always speak His Name in Love. Jesus!

Written 12-30-2008