OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2015

THEME: HOW PROPHETIC ARE YOUR

NAMES?

Memorise:

And she shall bring forth a son, and

thou shalt call his name JESUS: for

he shall save his people from their

sins.

Matthew 1:21

Read: Exodus 2:5-10

5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came

down to wash herself at the river;

and her maidens walked along by

the river's side; and when she saw

the ark among the flags, she sent

her maid to fetch it.

6 And when she had opened it, she

saw the child: and, behold, the babe

wept. And she had compassion on

him, and said, This is one of the

Hebrews' children.

7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's

daughter, Shall I go and call to thee

a nurse of the Hebrew women, that

she may nurse the child for thee?

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to

her, Go. And the maid went and

called the child's mother.

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto

her, Take this child away, and nurse

it for me, and I will give thee thy

wages. And the woman took the

child, and nursed it.

10 And the child grew, and she

brought him unto Pharaoh's

daughter, and he became her son.

And she called his name Moses: and

she said, Because I drew him out of

the water.

Message

The name you bear is very important

because it serves as your identity,

and your future may be connected to

it. The name a person bears is

sometimes indicative of the

experiences he or she will encounter

in life. Take for instance Moses: this

name means "drawn out of

water" (Exodus 2:10). No wonder

water was a recurring decimal in his

life. He turned water into blood

(Exodus 7:19-20); he parted the Red

Sea (Exodus 14:21-22); he turned

bitter water into sweet water (Exodus

15:24-25); he brought water out of

the rock (Exodus 17:5-6); and the

issue that denied him entrance into

the Promised Land was about water

(Numbers 20:8-20). Knowing how

significant the name of an individual

is to his destiny, God had to change

the names of several people in the

Bible (Genesis 17:5, Genesis 32:28,

Mark 3:16, Acts 4:36). My mother

told me that after my birth, she

intended to name me Elisha, but on

her way to see the priest for my

baptismal name, she forgot, so she

named me Enoch. I told her I like

the two names: Elisha, the man with

the double portion anointing, and

Enoch, the man who walked with

God, so I took the two names. By the

grace of God, the prophetic essence

of these names is being fulfilled in

my life today. Examine your names:

if there is any evil name among

them, reject it, and if there is a

good name you desire, add it to

what you have, and the Lord will

back it up.

A good name should glorify God; for

this reason, any name attached to

an idol, local deity or unclean spirit

must be discarded. A good name

should also be prophetic. A name

such as Christopher means "the

bearer of Christ". It is a prophecy

that the child so named will bear

the person of Jesus Christ any where

he goes. A name such as Gabriel

means "able-bodied one of God" or

"strong man of God". That is very

prophetic! A good name should give

the bearer something positive to

work towards: it should be a

challenge, a promise or a goal he or

she should strive to realise. How

prophetic is your name? On the

other hand, many people are yet to

see the fulfilment of the promise in

their names. For instance, someone

who is named after wealth may still

be living in squalor, and someone

named after glory may still be living

in shame. If you find yourself in this

type of situation, pray hard that God

will cause the good promise and

prophecy in your name to be

fulfilled, and also work towards its

realisation.

Prayer Point:

Father, speedily bring into

manifestation, every good prophecy

or promise inherent in my name, in

Jesus' Name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

 JOB 40:3-42:17

and 2 TIMOTHY 1.1-2:13

AUTHOR: Pst. E. A. ADEBOYE