I Know You By Name

In Exodus 33:11, we read how God would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Continuing on, in Exodus 33:17 (TNIV), we read that God says to Moses, "I am pleased with you and I know you by name."

In the 1980s and early 1990s, there was a very popular TV show called "Cheers." It took place in a bar in Boston. The theme song for the show included lyrics which said that the bar was a place "where everybody knows your name."

Well, it's the same in heaven, and it's the same with God.

There are over 6,000,000,000 people in the world right now, and God knows the name of every single one of them. He knows my name. He knows your name, too.

That's an incredible thought, isn't it? A lot of people have a hard time believing it. Lots of people think that God may know the names of a few spiritual giants in the world, but that there's no way that He could know their name, or much less care personally about them.

But He does.

God knows your name, just as He knew the name of Moses. He knows your name and He cares about you. He wants to build a meaningful and personal relationship with you, friend-to-friend and name-to-name.

Do you want it, too? Will you let Him do it? God knows your name, and He's waiting to hear from you.