He Knows My Name

“Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.” (Isaiah 43:1)

God proclaimed and showed His love for Israel, His chosen people, despite their spiritual decay mentioned previously. They were His and knew them by name.

As believers two thousand plus years later, we are also God’s chosen people. You may have wondered after repeated failures and rejection of God’s guidance if He still loves you. Will He forgive you again? He does; He will. Omniscient God knows everything from the most insignificant deed of Christian kindness to the most rebellious meanness—He knows you and me. Whether you are known as a “spiritual giant” or the weakest of His children, He has redeemed you, knows your name; He knows my name; we are His.

Interestingly, evil spirits also know peoples’ names (Acts 19:15). When the seven sons of a chief priest used the authority of Jesus and Paul’s names while expelling a man’s demon, the evil spirit replied that he knew Jesus and Paul but didn’t know who they were; jumped on them, stripping and wounding them. Great fear fell on that city, many became believers, the name of the Lord Jesus was honored, and many who practiced sorcery burned their incantation books publicly.

The evil spirit knew of Jesus and Paul because they effectively ministered with God's power and authority. Is your name known in the spiritual realm of darkness as one to fear, someone who believes God, claiming victory in Jesus’ name? A believer who knows by yielding to God the devil flees when you resist him? Do evil spirits tremble when you speak and act in the power and authority of Jesus’ name—when you pray? Do they know your name, or are you nameless to them, and they feel comfortably safe in your presence?