Your Name

Your Name - Phillips Criag and Dean (or The Swift is a good version too)

I was driving home today from E.L. after a very encouraging hang out time with one of my sweet friends and all I could do for a majority of my trip of proclaim praises to God. I just wanted to dance in my car and jump up and down, and I tried my best to do just that (for cruise control is certainly from God). One of my friends taught me how to translate the words of meaningful songs into sentences that touch my heart and this is what I gained from this song. May these verses and lyrics touch your heart as they did mine.

As morning dawns and evening fades, - As each day passes as if it were a mere mist before the eyes of our Lord (James 4:14)
you inspire songs of praise that rise up from Earth to touch your heart and glorify your name. - There are just sometimes that I cannot contain my love and joy for God, the mere mention of His name or thought of His greatness makes me call out loudly to Him(Luke 19:40)

Your name is a strong and mighty tower, - It is the focal point for all to see and experience. It is a light that extends out so all can see its greatness! (Psalm 61:3)
Your name is a shelter like no other, - The very identity of Jehovah is contained within His name. The security of His love and salvation are for all to hear, see, and experience. And the wholeness that is felt when surrounded by that security is nothing to balk at.(Psalm 61:4)
Your name - let the nations sing it louder, - Just as the nations tremble before the Lord and His voice, so too the nations repeat the chorus of the angels such that God's glory proclaimed and echoed against the mountains and across the seas(Psalm 105:1)
For nothing has the power to save but your name.- For our Lord is the only true way, truth, and life. And it is through Him and seeking our salvation through Him that we are set free. That in Him we find everything our heart desires. (John 6:68)

Jesus, in your name we pray, come and fill our hearts today,- For we cannot fill our hearts with things or other people, but God can fill our hearts with the love of other brothers and sisters through our faithfulness and obedience toward Him. (Luke 11:2)
Lord, give us strength to live for you and glorify your name. -Even when I am downtrodden and weak, God is strong. Even when the world comes crashing down on top of me, the Lord is my shelter through the storm. It is then that the Lord fully glorifies Himself through me as the vessel. For where I end, He begins...it is only up to me to end as soon as I can to humbly submit to God's power and majesty. (2 Thessalonians 1:12)

And there is healing in your name, - Healing from pain, from loneliness, and from discouragement. For God will never forget us or forsake us. If we seek acceptance first from anyone other than our Father we are nothing. But if we seek God's glory first....it is then that we receive all other things our mind, body and spirit desire (Isaiah 6:10)
Salvation in your name,-The very name of Jesus gives me freedom, safety, and joy. The peace that comes from Him alone is the saving grace in times of trouble. It is His joy and hope that continues to encourage me toward purity, obedience, and life in him alone. (Psalm 62:1-8)
There is joy in your name, - It is only in my Lord that I am truly alive. It is only by seeking His heart that I can find mine. And it is only by abiding in His perfect plan that I can find joy, even amongst persecution, distress, or uncertainty. (Psalm 35:9)
Jesus, in your name. -For we must all hail the power of Jesus' name. In Him alone do I find my salvation and joy. It is Him alone that reunites me with the Father and makes me whole again. The joy and strength that comes from trusting in Him is unmatched by even the greatest of all things created by man. For my relationships are most full when given to God and consecrated in Christ's holy name. For at Jesus' feet I lay all my desires, pain, goals, and struggles...to pick up my cross and live a life I can only hope is worthy of Him (Philippians 2:10)

Wow, what a mighty and powerful God do we serve. To Him be all the glory forever and ever Amen.