New Name Blog

By Jason Glaze
We see our Jesus nailed to the tree of our shame, receiving into His
perfect body our past, present, and future sins.  We hear Him crying
the forsaken cry that was ours to cry.  We know that He felt the pain
and aloneness that was meant for us to feel.  This moment of the cross
was a moment that changed the course of spiritual history, but it was not our first moment with God.

We come to realize that God has given us our new name by our new
birth.  He has called us from the death of binding sin into the freedom of life in Him.  We are enlightened to the truth that He has crucified our old identity and has given us our new identity by the
righteousness of His life.  We hear Him say that new life means we are in Him and He is in us.  This is a precious, powerful moment but it is not our first moment with God.

We envision the moment when we are fully with God, the moment after we take our last breath to freely breathe for the first time, the moment when the dark glass is made clear and we see Him, ourselves, and others in the fullness of a perfect reality.  What an amazing moment this will be but it is not our first moment with God.

Our first moment with God happened before moments even existed.  Before God divinely formed the heavens and earth He formed us in His heart.  He saw us, knew us, and deeply loved us.

As I close my eyes and listen with my heart I can hear my Father’s sweet voice speaking my name.  Before my Father said, “Let there be light.”  He said, “Let Jason be mine.”

Rest in the truth that God has always known you and has always loved you.  There was never a moment in eternity’s past that He did not love you and there will never be a moment in eternity’s future that He will stop loving you.

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