"In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to
be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature
of a servant, being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death -
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
(Philippians 2:5-11)
I love the English Standard Version which translates Philippians 2:9 this way:
"Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name"
Isaiah prophesied in 52:13 that Jesus would be placed high above all others:
"Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted."
This is what I'm praising God for today: There is power in the Name of Jesus. Scripture claims it and my life will live by it. Thank You, Jesus, that by Your Name I am saved. That by Your Name I have an inheritance. Thank You that just speaking Your Name brings peace in the midst of turmoil ... Rest in the midst of chaos ... and Refuge in the midst of fear. You are high and lifted up. You are exalted. You are the Name above every name.
What about you?
Are you praising God today for Newness of life? Are you thanking Him for being Near to you? Perhaps you are grateful that you serve a God who fulfills your Needs? Did His good News change your life?
"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved."
(Acts 4:12)
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