Your Heavenly Name

Sunday, August 20, 2023

In Hebrew, attachments to a name indicate identity and often someone's nature. A name connected by the word Ben or Bar means Son of. Bat means Daughter of. Barabbas means son of Abba, Benjamin means son of my right hand and Bathsheba means daughter of an oath. That means your identity is linked to what you're a child of. Ephesians 5:8 says "For you were formerly darkness but now...walk as children of light." It's about being born of the good. You might have been Joe Bar Anger, but now you're Joe Bar Compassion or Sally Bat Failure, now you're Sally Bat Victory. To become a beautiful person, you have to be born of what is beautiful. To become loving, you have to be born of love. The very thing you want to become in the Lord; you have to be born of it. It's not something you're just trying to do; it's what you totally become. Let yourself become who you are in God. Learn to become a child of goodness. Because in God you're a Ben or Bat of heaven, a child of heaven.

From Message #853 - Mr. & Mrs. Heaven