HE KNOWS YOUR NAME

“...when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”Luke 15: 20 

When the prodigal son was on his way back to his father, his father saw him while he was still far away and came for him

. He had been away from his father for a while, but his father recognised and remembered him. He spent some time in a far country, but the father recognised him. Despite all he had done wrong, his father still recognised and accepted him.

Friend, no matter how far away you have ever gone from God, God still recognises you. God is not a father who ceases to recognise His own because His own did wrong; God does not forget you or give up on you because you failed Him or made a mistake; God does not abandon you because you have been far away from Him. When you go far from God and wish to return, He is more committed to your return than you are.

Just in case you have failed God, your sin doesn’t make Him lose sight of you; in case you feel unworthy, you need not be worthy to come back to Him; Jesus paid so you can always return, worthy or unworthy. When Jesus died and the veil in the temple was torn, He opened the door so that your relationship with Your Father can be secure.

Never allow the enemy blackmail you out of your relationship with God because you walked away and you feel God is angry with you. God is not excited to see you fail Him; but if you fail Him, He does not give up the desire to have you as His own.

Next time you stray away from the Father, like the prodigal son, just go back home to your Father; He still recognises and calls you by name.

Isaiah 43 vs. 1 says: “...thus saith the LORD...Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.”

Declare With Me: I belong to the Father; He knows me by name, in Jesus’ name!