OUR LORD WHOSE NAME IS HALLOWED

“Pray, then, in this way:  ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.  - Mathew 6 verse 9 - 10.

Our great God of heaven is mighty and holy. His name is held in the highest esteem and observance.

His identity, signified by His name that was revealed to the ancient forefathers of Israel, points to the greatest possible being above whom there is none and never will be.

Our Lord's name encodes the deep mysteries from unfathomable time past and into the unsearchable depths of eternity.  

Our Lord's name carries  the full authority and might of His awesome stature and against Him, none can stand and none can thwart His will.

Our God's name is indeed hallowed.

Praise His holy  name.

Amen.

 OUR LORD WHO ART IN HEAVEN

The Lord our God makes his dwelling place in heaven and rules His great Kingdom from there.

In Psalm 102 verses 1 - 2 it says: 

The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

In other words, Jesus, in His ascension to heaven, was seated at the right hand of God the Father.  From the headquarters of the kingdom of God  called Zion, Jesus administrates the affairs of His Kingdom and it from there that allocations and  commands and decrees of the Kingdom are issued.

In Psalm 115 verses 2 - 4, God's place is also defined.

Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?” Our God is in heaven he does whatever pleases him.  

Bless the name of the Lord.

Amen.

OUR LORD WHO PROVIDES 

Jesus said in the Book of Mathew 6 verse 25 - 34,

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. 

Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

“And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? “And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? 

You of little faith! “Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Amen.

THE LORD WHO KNOWS US

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight, LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.  - Psalm 19 verse 14.

The Lord knows the words of our mouths and even more deeply, He knows the meditation of our hearts.

Our Lord knows the thoughts and intentions of our hearts and by this, He knows our strengths, our weaknesses and our attitudes. He then  calibrates the circumstances that surround us so that we are not tested beyond what we can bear.

With every hair on our heads numbered, we know that our Lord knows us more than we know ourselves.

Amen.

OUR LORD'S WORD

The Lord's word is at the pinnacle of all existence.

As the Psalmist said, the Lord elevates His word above His own name.

The Lord's name is a strong fortress and the righteous shall run into it and and are safe meaning that the name of the Lord can turn away any power in the universe in the protection of God's people.

Yet, the Lord places His word even higher than His name. 

Here is how the passage goes in Psalm 138 verse 1 - 2.

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. -Psalm 138  verse 1- 2.

The word of the Lord is so exalted that God has made even Himself subject to His own word. How much more should we revere and heed every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

Amen.

OUR LORD WHO NEVER FORSAKES US.

How you have loved me Lord

Always loved and never forsaken

Through the desert and the thorns

You have carried me

How you have loved me Lord

With your love  I can never be shaken

Through the fires and the storms

You delivered me . X2

OUR LORD WHO RULES FROM ZION

As the Lord was dying on the cross, He gave up His Spirit and then hung his head and died. 

The whole of creation was in a suspended state as the clocked ticked off the hours after the Lord's passing.

All those who had hoped in Him were in shock as they came to terms with the reality that all their hopes were crushed with the death and burial of Jesus.

What was not visible to them was that Jesus had descended into hell where they accommodated Him even though He was innocent.  The princes of darkness mounted a trial in the spirit to find fault with him. 

Nothing was found in Him and His righteousness exonerated him from the condemnation of hell. Jesus suddenly was imbued with the Spirit of God and He exploded in a light show that left the spirits of darkness scrambling in a humiliating panic as the Lord Jesus demonstrated that He was the light of the world. 

He went to the gates of hell, acquired the keys and freed those who had sat in darkness waiting for His appearing and He emerged from hell leading out  the first fruits of His salvation. 

He rose from the dead bodily and when He ascended into heaven, He was coronated and sat at the right hand of God the father as the king and  administrative head of the kingdom of God which is called Zion.

From that throne, Jesus rules His  Kingdom of which there shall be no end.

Amen.