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A NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME!
MONDAY, MAY 8
Philippians 2:1-11

Ephesians 1:15-23

 

“…and given him a name

which is above every name.”

 

A NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME!
 
There are certain names in the history of men that are universally recognised. Some are venerated for their great or noble deeds, others for their intellectual ability or their contribution to arts and culture. In church history, we remember those who have done much for the cause of Christ. Yet the prominence of all these “greats” is nothing compared to the name which is above every name, the name of Jesus Christ.
 
At Jesus’ first coming, He was “despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not” (Isa 53:3). This was God Himself coming into this world. Yet the world ignored Him, and He was hostilely rejected by the very people He came to save. How tragic a thing it is, that “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not” (John 1:10-11).
 
Today, the name of Jesus is blasphemously used by many as merely a swear word and a punctuation. Much of the world does not honour the name of Jesus. Instead, they choose to idolise celebrities. They exalt the names of these fallible and often very sinful “superstars,” and ignore the One who is by far the greatest that this world has ever known.
 
Yet what we must understand is that Jesus is already in the state of exaltation. Through His resurrection from the dead and ascension into heaven, Jesus was raised from a position of most abject shame and humiliation, to a position of highest glory and honour. Jesus is presently seated at the right hand of the throne of God as our Mediator and Intercessor, and rules and reigns over all of God’s creation.
 
The world rejects Jesus, but Christians must worship Him for who He is. He is greater than any leader that this world has, wiser than any writer or philosopher, more loving and noble than any philanthropist. He is our loving Saviour who gave His life so that we may live! We must extol Him most highly as the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
 
THOUGHT: Is the name of Jesus precious to me?

PRAYER: May I always exalt the name of Christ in word and in deed.

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