In HIS Name

I've started the "God is Able" Bible Study series again with another group; and one thought that stood out this time was in Eph 3:15, where it said that from God, is "whom His whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name." Throughout Scripture, God's Names, such as that depicted in the YAHWEH pic which has been uploaded to this blog entry here, reveal different aspects of His character and who He is. So, in essence, this verse is saying that as believers in the family of God, we derive who we are from who He is. What a neat thing to be reminded of, whenever I use the closing "In HIS Name" in my emails and letters. Also, I am once again struck by what an amazing and beautiful prayer Paul offered to the church in Eph 3:14-21: "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

This is worthy of committing to memory and meditating on day and night.