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The Work of the Name Yeshua
(Mt1:21-25)
Our God is He who works (Ps104:24).
He works for Himself, for the honor of His name (Ge22:8), and
He gladly works for Himself even if there is suffering or sacrifice to be made.
Faith is acknowledging this and making His work one's own, and
The life of this faith is following God's schedule and doing His work with Him.
While in some cultures the idea of work may be frowned upon,
Its value depends on whose work it is and in whose name it is.
How glorious, then, would it be to work for the glorious God?
For the creation of the world is the work of God's hands (Ps19:1), which
Reveals His eternal power and divine nature (Rm1:20),
God saw that it was good for He was satisfied with the result of His work (Ge1).
Though Adam lived in the Garden of Eden without doing any work,
When he was deceived by the devil and sinned, taking the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4),
God banished him from there to return to the ground from which he was taken to
Eat only through painful toil, by the sweat of his brow (Ge3:17-19).
Once he learned of the name of the Lord God (Ex3:13-14),
Moses began to do the work in the name Jehovah ”
Delivering the chosen people of God, a kingdom of priests (Ex19:6; Dt7:6)
The temple was built for the name to be there (1Ki8:16), and
It was where the priests worked for the name.
Rather than considering it an honor, however,
Overtime they became corrupted and resented doing the work (Mal1:6-10).
Yet there was a prophecy which said that
God would do a new work to honor His name (Is43:19-21).
Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
He would do a new work by saving His people from their sins (Mt1:21),
For He came with the name Yeshua (Mt1:21), the Father's name (Jn17:11).
As such, He followed the Father's schedule to do His work (Jn4:34, 5:17, 6:27-29).
As He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Willingly laid down His life and completed the Father's work from the beginning,
honoring His name (Ge22:8; Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-11);
2) Condemned the devil who attempted to steal the throne without any work (Is14:12-15; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood redeemed the sins of all men in Adam (Mt20:28; Eph1:7, 12).
The Father raised Him up from the grave, the result of His work, and
He was given the name above all names Yeshua (Php2:9-11).
The Holy Spirit who was sent in His name (Jn14:26)
Comes to those who believe (Jn1:12) and
Lets them do the work of the name of the Father, Yeshua.
The Christian is he who
Considers it the greatest honor do the work of His name through
Worship, praise, prayer, preaching, service and building up His church (Eph4:11-12).
Therefore, he surrenders his schedule to
Make the name Yeshua his own schedule (Lk1:28),
Willingly and gladly following Him wherever He goes.
O Lord,
What an honor it is to know Your glorious name Yeshua and
Do the glorious work of Your name Yeshua!
Let us no longer follow the schedule for dead work but rather
Let us follow the schedule of the name Yeshua for living work! Amen.