Most Holy Name of Jesus 2020

Perhaps our culture has lost the depth of meaning in a name.  We can forget that names mean something.  In Scripture, when someone, something, or someplace is given a name, it is given that name for a reason.  That reason is often a confession, not just to tell one person from another.  Abram means “exalted father,” but he was renamed Abraham, “father of a multitude,” after God promised him descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky.  Jacob means “deceitful one,” and was given that name for quarreling with his brother from Rebekah’s womb.  But after wrestling with him, God gave Jacob the name Israel, which means “the Lord preserves.”  After that, Jacob renamed that place Peniel, which is literally “the face of God,” because there he came face-to-face with God and, despite that, his life was preserved. 

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