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Thursday afternoon
Jeffery Goodman
Gen 35:16-18 (read me)
“You are who your Father says you are!”
People spend a lot of time naming their children. In the Bible naming a child was of great significance. The name represented and expression of nature and character. Isaac meant laugher, Esau meant hairy, Jacob meant surplanter, Moses meant drawn out. Rachel about to die after giving birth to this child names him ben-oni meaning (child of my trouble and sorrow). But he had a father that changed his name to Benjamin. Changing his name was significant when Jacob changed to Israel he walked away changed. Benjamin meant son of my right hand.
His father changed his name, it didn’t matter what his wife wanted to name him, and it doesn’t matter our circumstances. His father called him by a different name. What ever has labeled you in life you Father does not know you by that name. God has something for you to do. In the New Testament the names of children were based on family tree and their past. When the angel came to Zechariah and told him to call his son’s name John. This was important so he was not tied to his past. Zechariah was mute until it was time to name the baby and when that time came he spoke up and named his son by the name given him. God has a name and a destiny for each and every one of you.
Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Cameron
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