A new name

WORDs of Saving Grace - your new name

Revelation 2:17

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

There are many ways that we establish our name with those who know us for the short span of our lives here. But think about it, how well do you know your great grandparents? 

You may know a few things about them, but you never really knew them.

Our lives are but a vapor that soon vanishes away. The same can be said for all those who were written for our example in the Bible.

There is however a scarlet thread which follows those who loved the Lord and were determined to worship and love Him. And like them although there are many triumphs and tragedies, what matters most is who you are to God.

God is not so much concerned with What you are, as He is Whose you are. You are His prized possession, the jewel of His creation. More desireable to Him than all the planets and stars.

When He found us we were orphaned and uncomely in every way. But He redeemed us with His precious blood and our life is no longer about what we are, what we can do, or what we can give. But is all about who we belong to.

You have been given a new name...Christian - and "your life is hid with Christ in God."

Ezekiel 16:8-14

8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.