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Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Daily Lectionary: Exodus 25:1-22; Luke 5:17-39
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord, your God. (Small Catechism: Second Commandment)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. When Moses asked for God’s name, he got a peculiar response. “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And he said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel: “I AM has sent me to you”’” (Exodus 3:14). “I AM” is, technically speaking, a complete sentence with a subject and a predicate, but it doesn’t really say a lot. I am…what?
But then again, it says everything about who God is. He is the One who is, the One who exists. Everything that is, exists because God is. All being is finally in the One whose name is a form of the verb “to be.” If it exists, it’s because it comes from the One who exists.
That still doesn’t tell us much about God in relation to us. But then something happens in John’s Gospel. Jesus starts to fill in the gaps. “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). “I am the one who bears witness about myself” (John 8:18). “I am the door of the sheep” (John 10:7). “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11). “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). “I am the vine” (John 15:5). Jesus is the One who completes the name of God. He is the One who shows you who God is for you.
The Name of God was given to Jesus, and He gives His Name to you. You were baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You wear it on your forehead and on your heart to mark you as His own.
And so you have His Name, not to curse, swear, lie, use satanic arts, or deceive others with, but to call upon in every trouble, to pray, praise, and give thanks. A prayer in Jesus’ Name is a prayer of Jesus Himself. The Father will certainly listen to His own Son, and He will listen to all who bear the Name of the Son. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Lord Jesus, You have given us Your holy and precious name in the waters of Holy Baptism. Thank You for calling us Your own, and for revealing Your Father to us, and calling us children of God. We confess that we do not use Your name as we ought; we curse, swear, and lie, even as we neglect to pray, praise, and give You thanks. Forgive us and do not deny our prayer because of our sins. Return us once again to our Baptism, to die to our sins, to rise to new life, and to call upon Your holy name, the name in which we pray. Amen.
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By Higher Things®Daily Lectionary: Exodus 25:1-22; Luke 5:17-39
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord, your God. (Small Catechism: Second Commandment)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. When Moses asked for God’s name, he got a peculiar response. “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And he said, ‘Say this to the people of Israel: “I AM has sent me to you”’” (Exodus 3:14). “I AM” is, technically speaking, a complete sentence with a subject and a predicate, but it doesn’t really say a lot. I am…what?
But then again, it says everything about who God is. He is the One who is, the One who exists. Everything that is, exists because God is. All being is finally in the One whose name is a form of the verb “to be.” If it exists, it’s because it comes from the One who exists.
That still doesn’t tell us much about God in relation to us. But then something happens in John’s Gospel. Jesus starts to fill in the gaps. “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). “I am the one who bears witness about myself” (John 8:18). “I am the door of the sheep” (John 10:7). “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:11). “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). “I am the vine” (John 15:5). Jesus is the One who completes the name of God. He is the One who shows you who God is for you.
The Name of God was given to Jesus, and He gives His Name to you. You were baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You wear it on your forehead and on your heart to mark you as His own.
And so you have His Name, not to curse, swear, lie, use satanic arts, or deceive others with, but to call upon in every trouble, to pray, praise, and give thanks. A prayer in Jesus’ Name is a prayer of Jesus Himself. The Father will certainly listen to His own Son, and He will listen to all who bear the Name of the Son. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
Lord Jesus, You have given us Your holy and precious name in the waters of Holy Baptism. Thank You for calling us Your own, and for revealing Your Father to us, and calling us children of God. We confess that we do not use Your name as we ought; we curse, swear, and lie, even as we neglect to pray, praise, and give You thanks. Forgive us and do not deny our prayer because of our sins. Return us once again to our Baptism, to die to our sins, to rise to new life, and to call upon Your holy name, the name in which we pray. Amen.