Thurs.'s Devo - What's in an Name? Pt. 2

Read 1 Chron. 25: 20-31
God loves it when we make up songs of his deliverance when we are going through a trial. David sang and played his way through his trials.
Here are the last 12:
14 - seat of his father - gift of God
One day a savior would sit in the seat of God so the singers sang of this gift even though they could not comprehend it.
15 desistance - elevations; to rise up
God was teaching them to resist the devil and recover what he had stolen so the singers sang about rising up to heavenly places with him.
16 to declare - God has favored
God taught them to declare his goodness and his works so the singers sang of the favor of God.
17 a hard seat - protected
God told them their position on earth would not be easy so the singers sang about how God would be with them and protect them.
18 dissever - gracious
God required that they sever themselves from the past, sin, and evil. The singers sang of the grace of God that would enable them to do this.
19 God has set free - I have talked
God had set them free from the bondage of Egypt and the singers were to proclaim that.
20 God will strengthen - God of consent
God promised to strengthen them for the task God had for them so the singers sang about God's approval of his plan.
21 God will establish - he has caused to abound
God will establish his name on the earth so the they sang about the abundance in God.
22 rewarded - I have made great
God rewards those who have made his name great so the singers sang of the greatness of God's hand.
23 God has delivered - visions
God has delivered his people from their enemies so they sang the visions of God - the things he has planned in the future.
24 rescue - I have raised up a help
God rescued them and gave them a land of their own so the singers sang of God's help.
So we see that names are important. God gave Jesus a name above all other names that at his name every knee would bow and every tongue confess that he was Lord. The truth was, there were many other boys back then named Jesus so what made his name so different? His name was inspired by God. A friend of mines' mother was dying of cancer. She had lost the part of her brain that could remember names so she didn't know her own family's names but she knew the name of Jesus and would say it over and over because that name couldn't be taken away by cancer or any other demon.
Your name is what you are. So what do you want your name to be? Live it!