Family
names! Names that some proudly hold on for many generations, others
indifferently hold it loosely, and some others that are shamefully carrying it
on for the lack of a better choice. Maybe you carry a family name that is not
so pleasant, it may be a disability in your family that God himself allowed in
His sovereignty, or it could be the choice that comes from the sinful nature of
you or one of your family members.
Maybe in
your church; your family name could be “the family that has divorced.”
Maybe in
the library; your family name could be “the family with the disabled child.”
Maybe in
your neighborhood your family is that “family with the drug user.”
Maybe in
your relatives circle your family is the “family with the teenage unmarried
pregnant girl.”
Whatever
family name you carry, may it be famous or not, good or bad. I have a truth to
tell you. Your real family’s name derives from the Creator of the Universe; God
the Father Himself Who loves you! That family name is defiantly not attached to
any of the stereotypes mentioned above. It is attached to the Christ Our
Savior, and our choice to let Him adopt us into His family once for all.
The
unfailing words of God say,
“For this
reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth
derives its name.”
–
Ephesians 3:14-15
I am
making a choice to derive that Name for my family, and I commit to kneel before
the Father to keep that very Famous Name for generations to come. Any other
names that are dictated by the world is only temporal, but this name we derive
from Our Father carries on from earth into heaven, name that is eternal.
Never
forgot, that the enemy is also trying to give your family totally another name.
Kneel day and night before God the Father to derive that name, because not only
your family name but your entire families name derives from the Father, not
only this earthly family name but your heavenly family name derives from the
Father.
Let me
challenge you teenagers, who are ashamed of your family name,
My fellow
mothers, afraid of the change in your family name that you anticipate, when the
terrible choices of your kids are revealed to the world,
First
generation Christians, who mourn your ungodly heritage, and
Very
famous Christian friends, guilty of ruining your godly family names,
Let me
challenge all of you to kneel before the Father, from Whom your real family
name derives.
God bless.
