Wonderful Is Your Name!

By Tracy L. Johnson

Wonderful Is Your Name is a personal testimony of the many persons of God. In the book of Exodus, God chose Moses to deliver the Israelites. Moses’s concern was that the people would not respect him as their leader, let alone believe that God sent him. Moses questioned God by asking Him, “Who shall I say sent me?” God’s response was “I Am who I Am—say that ‘I Am has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:13–14).

Anyone who professes to be a child of God understands that He has infinite power, wisdom, and knowledge. He is limitless. He can do all things! I have read the Bible and discovered for myself that God has shown up for believers in such personal ways that they could not deny His omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. As a believer, I had to trust that God could and would be everything I needed Him to be at the exact point in time. Throughout my life, I can attest to the fact that God has never let me down. He has been my Savior, Sustainer, Protector, Provider, Way Maker, Refuge, Resource, Strength, Healer, Peace Giver, Father, Best Friend, and the list goes on. This devotion serves to uplift and celebrate the countless ways in which He has intervened in my life. In this unique book, I provide the name, the meaning, supporting scripture(s), a worship song, and my personal testimony as they pertain to God. Following my testimony is a blank page that allows the reader to write their personal testimony of how God moved in their situation as that particular “God man.”

My prayer is that people will realize that God loves them in and through all circumstances. Invite Him into your heart. Confess your sins and believe that Jesus Christ paid the penalty for them all. Because of the selfless act of Jesus (John 3:16), we are restored to a Creator who desires an intimate and personal relationship with each of His children; however, it’s up to His children to understand who He is and to invite Him to be a part of everything. As a result of daring to trust Him, I have learned that God can do all things but fail. He is a loyal and faithful intercessor and a gracious and merciful Father. Just thinking of all that He has done and all that He has promised gives me butterflies. I’ve never known a love like this, and all I can say is, “My God, my God, how Wonderful Is Your Name.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638146803

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Abba

Meaning: Father

Song: Abba by Kimberli Joye

Abba, Father, he said, everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will. (Mark 14:36)

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15 KJV)

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, Abba, Father. (Galatians 4:6)

God, like any good parent, knows everything about His children. He created us! He is concerned with everything that involves us. That includes every decision we make, every friend or foe we invite into our lives, every bit of pain and pleasure we experience, every celebrated victory, and every defeat. Our heavenly Father takes pleasure in watching over and being concerned with everything that involves us. Typically, children are the pride and joy of their fathers. Today during church, our pastor shared with the congregation how he often touched his wife’s belly and prayed over the health and well-being of their unborn child. Attentive fathers love, protect, teach, bond with, discipline, and pray for and with their child. When children, teens, and even adults seek the attention, affection, and wisdom of their father, it is a sign of reverence and an act of trust.

Every morning, I talk to my heavenly Father with the intent of thanking Him for keeping me in ways that I am unaware. I have no idea the effort He exerts in keeping me safe from the hands of my enemies. I have no idea how He heals my body, mind, and spirit when it endures physical or spiritual wounds. I have no idea, but I trust that He is in control of it all. He has never failed to show me His love; even when I wasn’t doing His will and rebelling against His love, He never stopped loving me. That is the unconditional love of a father that, no matter what, love will never be withheld or withdrawn from His child.

Your heavenly Father has promised to be with you at all times. He said that He would never leave or forsake you. He said that you can call on Him (pray to Him) and, as His child, wait in expectation for Him to answer. He has given the gift of Himself in the form of the Holy Spirit who resides within each of His children so that we are never operating in our own strength. If you don’t know God as your father, I invite you to pray right now: "God, I confess that I am a sinner in need of a Savior. Please forgive me of my sins. I believe that Jesus died on the cross that I may be saved and my sins forgiven. Please come into my life, and I will make you my Lord and Savior.