He Knows My Name

HE KNOWS MY NAME

I love to watch people. I don’t mind just sitting in a shopping mall or airport and wonder about where people are going and the stories of their lives. Many challenging lives. Happy people, angry people and many hurting people.

While I was in the airport a few weeks ago I saw a father and his son. The father was placing his 10 year old boy on an airplane by himself to fly him back to his mother for the week.

The boy looked very sad.

The boy never said a word as the dad kissed his son on the head and sent him on his way.

Immediately as the boy got to the gate to board the plane, the dad got on his cell phone to tell his ex-wife that the boy was on the plane.

As the dad walked away the boy at the gate turned and looked at his dad.

I might never forget that look the boy gave his father as he walked away being left alone to board the plane with 150 strangers.

I was thinking afterwards that our Father never walks away from us. He holds us and is always close as we need him to be.

I am thankful that I have a Father that knows my name.

Sometimes I have a difficult time with names.

With 125 staff members, 700 kids, parents, my church family, community of Osage City I sometimes forget names.

But God knows us all individually.
2 Timothy 2:19
Says the Lord knows those who are His.

Psalm 147
If he can number the stars and knows them by name surely he knows us individually and all the concerns that we have in our lives.

Many times when we are going through tough difficult times we feel alone. We feel neglected, totally cut off from God. We don’t feel the presence of God. But He is with us if we open our eyes and really look for the blessings He has promised.


In the movie Chariots of Fire it was a classic tale of Eric Liddell, a missionary and a runner who was competing in the Olympic trials. Most aspiring moment in the movie was when after all his physical work to get to this qualifying race he fell running the race. Most runners would have been finished. They would have stayed down. What did he do? He got up and started to run. He ran so fast that he began to pass each runner one by one until he crossed the finish line in first place.

He was determined.

We have a God that is determined to watch over us in all the good times and all the difficult times.

Deuteronomy 20:4
“For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory”

I’m glad he knows me personally.

Remember He knows our name.

He knows our every thought.

He sees each tear that falls and he hears us when we call.

God will not give up on you.

He loves you very much.

He is determined to watch over you today and every day if you allow Him to be part of your life.