What Is In The Name

Exodus 20:1-7

The Ten Commandments
1 And God spoke all these words:

2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

3 "You shall have no other gods before me.

4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

Reflection of Bee:

Because God is the one who brought us, Christians, out of our "slavery" to sins and the devil (v2) He earns the right to command us not to have "other gods" before Him (v3) or "idols" in our life (v4). These "gods" and "idols" may be in the forms of our work, or our wealth, or someone close to us, or even ourselves. Our God is a "jealous God" (v5) and we belong to Him alone.

Not only that we are to honour God's name and not "misuse" it (v7) in any way. None of us like our name to be misused too, for our name represents us and we want others to respect our name. So all the more the name of Jesus is not to be taken lightly.

9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
- Philippians 2:9-11

Dear Lord,
May Your name be glorified in my life.
In Jesus most wonderful name I pray. Amen.