Daily Nuggets of Grace Part 2 Unashamed!Sýnishorn

Power to Give a Name

Holding the helpless baby for the first time, looking into his open eyes as they peered up at me, rubbing his tiny fingers with mine, my heart bubbled with love as I rejoiced over reality. This was the baby we were adopting!

And with this joy came a great responsibility. We needed to give this precious child a name!

His name would reflect where he was going, not where he had come from. It would also reflect the blessing we declared over him: that he would walk in God's truth and that we had asked God for him.

The name would not speak of the past but display the current reality—this was our child! He had a new identity. He was a full member of our family. He was ours to care for, provide for, protect, and love. We embraced every aspect of that reality.

In nothing but love, God predestined us to be adopted as His children through Jesus Christ.
He did this according to His pleasure and will. The cost to us? Nothing. It's entirely by grace! The cost to Him? The life of His only begotten Son. Without regard to what it would cost, he lavished the riches of His grace on us. He included us in Christ when we believed in Him.

He adopted us as full members of His family. As His children, we are loved fully and freely, without deserving it.

With that adoption, God gained the right to give you a new name—a name that reflects your future, not your past. A name that reflects His current commitment to you, not others' rejection of you. A name that declares your right standing before Him, not the sins you committed. A name that reflects reality—you are God's child.

Isaiah 62 says you will be called by a new name, which God will bestow on you. What name does He give you?

Beautiful

Chosen

Precious

Accepted

Planned

Secure

Loved

Presentable

Forgiven

Adopted

Holy

Complete

Heir

Free from Condemnation

Known

Unashamed

Gifted

Enriched

Provided For

Treasured

Pure

Established

God’s Work of Art

Friend

Christ’s Precious Bride

God has the right to give us a new name because of His complete commitment to us when He adopted us as His children! Embrace the new name that affirms your new identity.

Reflect and Respond

Reread the list of names. Which name touches your heart?

Pray

Loving Father, thank you for choosing me and adopting me as your child. Thank you for the commitment you made to me. Today I receive this new name, the name You declare over me. In Jesus' name, I belong. Amen.