Seize the Moment – Day 391
God Knows Your Name!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, April 12.
Do you believe that God knows you by name?
If you ever wonder if God cares about names, take notice of how many names are in the Bible. Genesis 10 & 11 are great examples of this as these chapters list the good fruit of Noah’s faith—name by name!
God keeps His word to Noah and preserves humanity through Noah’s three sons. Listen to the bookends of Genesis 10:1 & 32,
Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood. . . . These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.
The timeline of all these generations and their separations and the events of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 can be unclear, but what is very clear is God’s faithfulness to keep His promise to Noah. Did you see how many people are listed in these chapters? Wow! God is faithful and He brings the increase!
God not only preserved a small remnant through the one man Noah, but he quickly multiplied them on the face of the earth and not as a nameless mass of people, but as individuals with names because each person represents the promise of God.
God loves you and knows your name. Jesus said in Luke 12:7, “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.”
Seize the moment and know that Jesus knows your name and He finds great value in you. You are precious in His sight. Find your worth in God today.
Let’s recite this week’s memory verse from 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”