God is passionate about you because God is passionate about God.
OK … hold on. Before you think I’m saying God is egotistic, because that He is not, let me expound.
God knows who He is. In response to Moses’ question: “Who should I say you are?”, God responds with: “I Am”. I imagine Moses in that moment knitting his brow with that “Uh!?” expression, and God retorting emphatically with: “I Am that I Am”! (Exodus 3:14, KJV)
God is the I Am. But what does that mean?
God knows He is God and that besides Him there is no other. God is in a class by Himself.
Intrinsic to who and what God is as God—and that nobody else is—is His name. That is, embodied in His name is His infinite greatness, His infinite perfection, His infinite worth. And He’s fiercely protective of His name because of what is in His name.
What’s in His name? Everything!
In the name of God the sick find healing and the lame get to walking; the dead come alive and the living live to thrive; blinded eyes are made to see and demons have gotta flee; boisterous waves find calm and troubled souls find balm. In the name of God the weak are made strong and it covers all our wrongs.
God bestows His name, that powerful name, on you—God knows your name! And not just your name but your SURNAME!! He knows it because He Himself surnamed you.
In other words, God has given us His family-name—how intimate is that?! But more than intimate is the inconceivable gift that in surnaming us God has given us His identity and with that comes authority.
Now here’s the clincher: God lavishes His surname/identity on you, even if you do not know Him. He says:
I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me.
Isaiah 55:4 (NRSV)
God is passionate about YOU. God sees YOU. God knows YOU. God surnames you DAUGHTER. God surnames you SON. You are His. You are highly prized. You are cherished. You are loved. You are wanted. You are worthy. And, you are enough.
Now the question is: Do you know whose you are and who you are?
Not who you are by your birth-certificate name, but whose you are by your intrinsic name. With the same confidence that God knows His name and who He is, He wants you to know your name and who you are.
I will give you a good name, a name of distinction…. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Zephaniah 3:20 (NLT)
Daughter. Son. Prized. Cherished. Loved. Wanted. Worthy. Enough. This is who you are.
And until you know know who you are and whose you are, you will answer to any name.
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Very good devotion. When I think of how God knows me I reminded of Psalm 191. WOW. I can not even begin to wrap my mind around just how He knows everything single thing about me. Even in my faults and failures and sins. He still loves me that much to make me whole. And best of all He keeps all of my secrets. WOW!!!! Only My Lord can do what He does.
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Yes. Yessss to the keeper of secrets. Cause if not for Him where else would I be able to unload guilt-free and walk away feeling renewed, not judged but loved. He’s a wonderfully good good Father. Thanks for sharing here, really was a blessing. Cheers, Dee
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Amen.
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🙏🏽😊🙏🏽
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Waow! What a powerful reminder! It is not too late to reclaim our identity so as to live, act, behave, engage, interact, pray and worship as we should. Thank you for lifting us all
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💯% Vertha!!! Never too late to reclaim our true identity. Soooo good to see you here. Thanks for dropping by and using your words to encourage others!!! Really appreciate your being here. 🙏🏽🤗🙏🏽 cheers, Dee
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This is powerfully and clearly stated.
Thanks Dawn for making Clear the Reminder that we are Very Special, God’s children. For we answer His name 🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽
May His Name be Praised 🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽
May my life show that I belong to Him and am called by His name. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Awesome piece and Food tour thought and Deep reflection.
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Hello Ellen. Great to meet you here. I’m so happy you were blessed by reading. I was blessed in writing it. Yes, God is worthy to be praised!!! 🤗🙏🏽🤗Cheers, Dee
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Amen to this, Dee! Only by knowing our true identity in Him can we experience real shalom.
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Absolutely. You hit the nail on the head Lynn. Blessings 🙏🏽😊🙏🏽
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A timely reminder in an age when we can so easily lose ourselves. God knows us. Powerful
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Indeed Dor. Have to keep reminding myself that I’m known!!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!! Big hug, Dee
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“And until you know know who you are and whose you are, you will answer to any name.” This is a profound statement.
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Hi Harri. Yeah. If we aren’t grounded in what God’s name means for us in terms of our identity then we will answer to anyone other voice that calls us by any other names that are outside of His identity. Names like “unworthy”, “unloved”, “worthless”. The part 2 fir next week speaks to us as God’s masterpiece/His work of art. Big hug. Happy weekend. Dee 😊🙏🏽😊
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