| “Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.” |
| —Psalm 79:9 |
Have you ever known someone who had a very powerful name? Maybe you personally knew one of the government leaders in your area. Or, perhaps you knew a religious leader who had a national reputation. You might even have known someone in business or industry whose name evoked a certain positive reaction when mentioned to others. Names can have great power.
The name of God, the name of His precious Son, Jesus, the name of the Holy Spirit—the three persons of the Triune God—have the most power of any names in the universe. All throughout Scripture, whenever a prophet, priest, or king wanted to declare great power, that one spoke in the name of the Triune God. It should not surprise us, then, that in writing a song of great praise, the Psalmist Asaph wrote these words recorded in Psalm 79:9:
Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.
God reaches out in love to us because of the power of His great name. He saves us from our sins because of the power of His great name. He cares for us, grants us His mercy, extends to us His grace and love, comforts us, upholds us, gives us a new pathway of life—all because of the power of His great name.
As we begin a new day, let’s revere the name of the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—by devoting ourselves to loving and serving Him. Let’s show the power of His name in all that we do. Let’s represent Him with great kindness and gentleness to a needy world, in order to bring glory to His great name. And, let’s be very thankful that the power He gives us comes from the power of His great name.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, October 26, 2017
