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He Calls You by Name

Remember the day you picked out a name for your child? Do you recall the sweet weight of it? The emotional stirring as the name passed your lips for the first time?

Names are important to us moms, and they are important to God. In the Bible, a person’s name revealed a particular quality of their character or person. If a person encountered the living God, God would often change their name to better fit the experiences He had planned for their future. Abram was changed to Abraham. Sarai was changed to Sarah. Saul was changed to Paul.

God says, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!” (Isaiah 43:1b)

Isaiah wrote, “Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name” (49:1b).

And both Philippians and Revelation tell us that believers’ names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 21:27).

Just think, God already knew your child's name before you ever gave it!

When my father was in his fifties, he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. A few years into the disease, he forgot my name. I’d hold his sweet face in my hands and say, “Daddy, it’s me. Do you know who I am? Do you know my name?” But it had been wiped from his memory, and he met my eyes with a blank stare.

That will never happen with our heavenly Father. He will never forget. He knows your name; He knows your child’s name. Isaiah wrote these verses about Israel, and I believe they pertain to us as well:

Can a mother forget the baby at her breast

and have no compassion on the child she has borne?

Though she may forget,

I will not forget you!

See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;

your walls are ever before me. (Isaiah 49:15–16)

Just as you will never forget your child’s name, remember, your heavenly Father will never forget yours. He calls you by name; you are His.

God, I am in awe that You call me by name. No matter what happens in life, help me remember that I am always wrapped in Your love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.