He Knows My Name

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 "And behold you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son and shall call His name Jesus.  He


will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.  And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."--[Luke 1: 31-33]

The hope of the world isn't in religion, politics, or intellectualism.  The hope of the world is in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Highest.  He is the Prince of Peace, yet each of us individually must have peace in our hearts.  His peace.  It's not about peace in the home, street, city, country, or world.  The Prince of Peace must reside in each of our hearts.  He sees me for who i am and who i can be despite my flaws and, boy, do i have plenty of them!  The list of people who are the bane of my existence far exceeds my list of true friends. There is no peace in my city or in my dwelling, so how can there be world peace?  If i can figure out that peace begins in my heart then so should everybody, no matter if she's a Christian or not.  There can be unrest among Christians which is why i don't go to church.

In my days of trouble, Jesus is my stronghold.  i don't know what i'd do without Him here with me.  i would've possibly been very sick and disabled by now.  He is my nicotine patch, my sobering cup of coffee at the AA meeting.  And because i am writing about Him like this now, He knows my name. 

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. --[Proverbs 18:10]

God's supernatural gift is wisdom and He gives it to me simply because i ask for it.  Every time i open the Bible, i'm to ask Him to send me His gift; and if that sounds supernatural to some...well it is!  That's the beauty of it!  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. ---[Ephesians 1:17] My stronghold is where i am.  When i put all the attention on the problem, then things around me appear hopeless and joyless.  Happiness will always be an illusion.  It's all about the joy.   There just doesn't seem to be any justice or peace or clean fresh air anywhere anymore and gossip runs rampant.  The need and desire to toss my cell phone away deep into the woods becomes compelling.  O how wonderful to be able to unplug a landline phone from the wall.  Time to start celebrating His presence and the gift of His wisdom rather than occupying ourselves celebrating what we can get out of Him.

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