“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.” (Isaiah 43:1). That powerful promise confirms that God knows your name!

We all like to protect our name. In fact, most people would do anything to stop their name being misused or abused. I always feel happy therefore when my name is spelled or pronounced correctly. It brings greater satisfaction when someone that I may have met only fleetingly, remembers my name.

I have at times faced some level of embarrassment when the name of a person I’m talking to has eluded me. On a few occasions, I have even struggled to remember the name of a person I was praying for at the altar!