Pastor E.A Adeboye, The General Overseer (RCCG)
Memorise:
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21
Read: Exodus 2:5-10
5 And the daughter of
Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by
the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid
to fetch it.
6 And when she had
opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had
compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
7 Then said his
sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew
women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's
daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's
daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will
give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
10 And the child
grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And
she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Message
The name you bear is very important because it serves as
your identity, and your future may be connected to it. The name a person bears
is sometimes indicative of the experiences he or she will encounter in life.
Take for instance Moses: this name means "drawn out of water" (Exodus
2:10). No wonder water was a recurring decimal in his life. He turned water
into blood (Exodus 7:19-20); he parted the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21-22); he turned
bitter water into sweet water (Exodus 15:24-25); he brought water out of the
rock (Exodus 17:5-6); and the issue that denied him entrance into the Promised
Land was about water (Numbers 20:8-20). Knowing how significant the name of an
individual is to his destiny, God had to change the names of several people in
the Bible (Genesis 17:5, Genesis 32:28, Mark 3:16, Acts 4:36). My mother told
me that after my birth, she intended to name me Elisha, but on her way to see
the priest for my baptismal name, she forgot, so she named me Enoch. I told her
I like the two names: Elisha, the man with the double portion anointing, and
Enoch, the man who walked with God, so I took the two names. By the grace of
God, the prophetic essence of these names is being fulfilled in my life today.
Examine your names: if there is any evil name among them, reject it, and if
there is a good name you desire, add it to what you have, and the Lord will
back it up.
A good name should glorify God; for this reason, any name
attached to an idol, local deity or unclean spirit must be discarded. A good
name should also be prophetic. A name such as Christopher means "the
bearer of Christ". It is a prophecy that the child so named will bear the
person of Jesus Christ any where he goes. A name such as Gabriel means
"able-bodied one of God" or "strong man of God". That is
very prophetic! A good name should give the bearer something positive to work
towards: it should be a challenge, a promise or a goal he or she should strive
to realise. How prophetic is your name? On the other hand, many people are yet
to see the fulfilment of the promise in their names. For instance, someone who
is named after wealth may still be living in squalor, and someone named after
glory may still be living in shame. If you find yourself in this type of
situation, pray hard that God will cause the good promise and prophecy in your
name to be fulfilled, and also work towards its realisation.
Prayer Point:
Father, speedily bring into manifestation, every good
prophecy or promise inherent in my name, in Jesus' Name.
Bible in one year:
Job 40:3-42:17; 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE
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