Blessed Be Your Name

So I'm doing laundry tonight and I decided to sit down and I had music playing for the past few hours on the computer before I sat down, so I sat down and put my headphones on and the song I hear is "Blessed Be Your Name." I suddenly felt the urge to write, what is in a name anyway? What's so big about the name? What's so special? How come we stress the name so much?


The Name of Jesus! Why is it stressed so much? Because that Identifies and recognizes from who we are blessed. See, the bible says in Deuteronomy 6:4 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD'. You see, there is only ONE. Theres not two or three. Jesus was God, he wasn't God the Son. He was God. John 10:30 'I and my Father are one.'

You see, the significance is realizing that he wasn't just a person, he was God in the flesh, 1 Timothy 3:16 'And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.'

Jesus Christ. So what is this Christ part? Christ is the English term for the Greek Χριστός (Khristós) meaning "the anointed".[1] It is a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ). The term "Christ" was a title rather than a proper name. See, Jesus was the one spoken of and prophesied about. If you'll notice Christ derives from Messiah. So what does Messiah mean? Messiah - an expected deliverer.

See, there is Power in the Name. If we struggle with bondage, there is deliverance in the Name. I remember when I was younger I was baptized in the "name of the father, son and the Holy Ghost" and they dunked me. Well, to be honest I felt there was more. It was years later that I realized the importance that Jesus said "John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name", and the Son was Jesus, and then Jesus said "John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name." Wow, you mean all three of those can be said as the Name of JESUS?

So lets also look into the Book of ACTS. The Apostles and Desciples didn't go fourth and baptise with titles. They baptized In the name of Jesus Christ.

So with all of this said, I was thinking about how BLESSED we as Apostolics are to have the full revelation of the Power of the name of Jesus. That he wasn't just a Son of a living God, but he was the Living God! And thanks to his decision to robe himself in flesh and die on a cross, we're blessed to be able to call on that blessed name and see our mountains fall, our enemies surrender, our needs met.

If you find yourself in a valley, hanging onto the side of a mountain, encamped about by your enemies, struck between the choice of right and wrong, you can always call on the name of Jesus and God will bless you with understanding, guidance, direction, LOVE, and power.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell