These things I have written unto you that believe on the
name of the son of God; that ye may know that ye may have eternal life, and
that ye may believe on the name of the son of God ( John 5:13 ).
Notice the underlined
construction. The Apostle John says, “…that ye may know that ye have eternal
life, and that ye may believe on the name of son of God .” He’s simply
saying, “ put the Name of Jesus to work!”
The Name of Jesus is the Name that opens every door in every city and
every nation. That’s the Name you need for a life of constituent victory,
anywhere. For example, when Jesus gave the great commission in Mark 16:15 to “…Go
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature ,” it
was in his Name. He gave us his Name, and that’s bigger than the whole world.
Philippians 2:10 says “…at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth,”
This is the reason you can be comfortable in any place, any city, region or
nation. You’re on a divine assignment, sent forth, not in your own name, but in
that matchless Name of Jesus.
Luke’s report in Acts 3 about Peter and John is a detailed example of
men who dared to use the Name of Jesus. Incidentally, this was their first
miracle after Jesus’s ascension. When Peter met the crippled man at the gate of
the temple called Beautiful, he said to him “…such as I have give I thee: In
the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6). The
man couldn’t walk in his own name or in his father’s name. Niether was he able
to walk in Herod’s, Pilate’s or Caesar’s name; but he did in the name of Jesus!
Acts 3:7-8 says Peter “…took him by the right hand, and lifted
him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he
leaping up stood, and walked….”
The reason for the failure, defeat, sickness and weakness in the lives
of many people is failure to trust and use the Name of Jesus in the crises of
life. Psalm 20:7 AMP says “Some trust in and boast of chariots and
some of horses, but we will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our
God.” Put the Name of Jesus to work in every area of your life. The
word says to do all things in the Name of Jesus (Colossians 3:17).
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for the power in the Name of Jesus, and the
authority I have to use that Name against the devil, sickness, disease and
everything that hurts or binds. By the power of that Name, I declare that I’m
living the higher life of glory that you prearranged for me, in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
Further Study : Acts 3:16 , John16:23.
