The Name of the Lord is worthy to be praised! - Day 12

“I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭9:2‬ ‭NKJV

Basically, any one person in a crowd, is just part of that crowd, until and unless you know their name. Something about knowing a person’s name sets them out as a direct point of reference. Think of the difference between saying something like, “A man, 6 feet tall with a light complexion and blue eyes, came in and robbed the bank,” and “Mike Anyperson, came and robbed the bank.” In the first instance, you’re describing some unknown perpetrator; in the second instance you are referencing a particular person, Mike Anyperson.

Personhood is inextricably connected to the name by which you are known. Given the mention of the name of a person you know well, all of their attributes, all of their character, all of your experience with them, comes to mind.

“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob (Israel) as God Almighty [El Shaddai], but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles].”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭AMP‬‬

In speaking to Moses, chosen by God to deliver His people out of Egypt, the Lord explained to him that although the patriarchs knew Him as the Almighty God, they did not know Him as THE LORD (YAHWEH), the One Who would fulfill Covenant with them. He is saying that He is now extending Himself in a more personal way by bringing to pass that which had been promised.

We have talked many times before about the wonderful fact that the Lord knows our individual names; but, let us now consider what a wonderful thing it is that He allows us to know His personal name: THE LORD. Everything He is, is in His Name, and His Name is Everything.

My words fail to describe and convey what I feel about the Name of the Lord. I can do nothing but praise His Name!

In our portion from Psalms today we see that David also was brought to praise the Name of the Lord, just at the very thought or mention of His Name!

In another place, David says this:

“Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name Yah, And rejoice before Him.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭68:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

For the one who loves the Lord, for the one who has known Him by experience, the mere mention of the Name of the Lord brings the deepest response of admiration.

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

The Name of the Lord is worthy to be praised!

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