Good morning all!
Father, we know You are moving on our hearts showing us who You are in our life. Reveal Your word, Your spirit and Your grace that we might seek You always in all we say and do. Fill us with Your power and Your light and send us, send us to brighten all that belongs to You, Amen
Revelation 3
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Because you have obeyed My voice, I will keep you from the hour of your trial which everyone must face as the trying of their faith.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Look for Me, I come quickly and hold FAST to what I have given you so that NO man takes your crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.
The one that overcomes I will make a strong pillar in the church of My God, he will remain in trust, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the new city Jerusalem and I will write upon him a NEW name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
If you have an ear, listen to the what the spirit of God has to say.
Bottom line
Do you have a nickname or maybe you had one growing up? That’s kind of what’s happening here, God is giving us a new name. In the Bible names have great meaning, they would represent the nature and character of the person. This is consistent with the life of Jesus; he had several different names. He was known as the bread of heaven…LIFE, the door…the only WAY to heaven…the true vine…new covenant of GRACE and so on. Did you notice when did God give us the new name? It was given to the one that OVERCOMES, what did we overcome?
[1Jo 4:4 KJV] Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you,than he that is in the world. We have overcome the world; we don’t pursue the things of the world we pursue God. We know who we are and we know we are strangers in this world because our true nature and character is a reflection of heaven. In verse 12 three things were changed, the first one was our relationship he becomes MY God…possessive, personal and committed. Next our residence changes we are now living in the NEW Jerusalem; our life reflects a life of peace with the world we live in…we pursue peace with others NOT strife. And the last one is we get a NEW name; this speaks of us becoming His bride, so we take on God’s name…His nature and character, no different than when a woman gets married, they take their husband’s name. This shows a different commitment from both God and us, we didn’t receive this when we were chasing the world, our selfish desires, no we overcame them and we were patient and obeyed the voice of God. Did you notice we don’t “go out no more”? Go where?
[Hos 2:7 NIV] She will chase after her lovers but not catch them; she will look for them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my husband as at first, for then I was better off than now. We are just like Gomer, we chase the world for our happiness but there is NO joy in that life, it says we will NOT find it, but we don’t believe that, so we chase anyway. You want to be happy in this life? Be an overcomer, forget the world and chase after God that’s the commitment. God is a jealous God and He will NOT share you with another, He wants you sold out to Him. Can two live together except they agree on life’s priorities? What are life’s priorities?
[Mat 6:33 NKJV] But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Somebody has to be FIRST in our life, it’s either God or the world but it can’t be both. Trials come in life to TRY us, to reveal our true nature and character. There must be a trying of our faith for it to become authentic, to become stronger, to become what we pursue…faith and only faith. This becomes our new residence; it’s a life of faith and NOT the world. I hope you can see this, the only thing that pleases God is faith, in fact, scripture declares without it we can never please Him. But did you notice that God gave us something when we overcome the world, a CROWN. He also said NO man can take it from you, makes sense if God gives you the same power and authority then He is the only one that can take it. You know you wear a crown on your head; can the world see your crown?
[Psa 103:4 NIV] Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, Make sure the world knows you have a NEW name and offer nothing but love and compassion, wear it well!
Point to Ponder
What’s the best thing going on in your life? [Psa 63:3 KJV] Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Don’t trade Him…
Let’s all wear our crown, In Him Phil
Faith – Family- Friends
