WHAT WILL YOUR NEW NAME BE?

WHAT WILL YOUR NEW NAME BE?

“Do not remember the former things, Or ponder the things of the past. Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:18-19‬ ‭

Many of us have incorrectly taken on labels as our names. Maybe we have been labeled “loser” or a “dropout” or “unemployed.” Maybe we’ve labeled ourselves “unattractive” or “overweight.” But God doesn’t settle for labels that limit. Instead, He gives us a name that call us into a new identity that He has crafted just for us – names with meanings and names that speak to who we will become.

Will we be known by the ungodly way we used to live or by our new name, and with it our new obedience? Will we be known by our sins of the past? Or will we seek God, persevere through the wrestling as Jacob did, and fight to believe we are forgiven and made new. Can we leave our old labels behind and anticipate a bright future only He can give?

Maybe we have trouble hearing from God in the first place. Maybe we don’t take the time to hear God and listen for our new name. Maybe we don’t believe God has new names for us. Maybe we are comfortable in the same old patterns of identity and action we were known for so long.

We are extended this invitation to be made new, and this invitation from God never expires. New does not mean “instant” or “overnight.” New means “not like we used to be.” New means believing what God says about us and living into this new identity and reality with complete trust in Him. So do what it takes to be new and to stay new. Your old name no longer defines you. 

Isn’t it time to leave labels that have limited you and I behind in the new year? Labels like “forgotten” “rejected” "debtors" "beggars" or “not enough”? Ask God for your new name. You may be surprised which new names come to you. Names like “Overcomer,” “Provided for” and “Seen by God.” It’s never too late to be made new. We’re never too old to be renamed by God. Let’s begin this new year by asking God what new names He has for us. He will help us hear and overcome!

GOODBYE TO THE LABELS THAT LIMIT, GOD IS SET TO DO A NEW THING IN MY LIFE THIS YEAR