Known By Name

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 1st of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Malachi 3:16: 

“So a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who meditate on His name.”

Then we go straight to the Gospel of Mark 16:7:

”But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”  

Jesus remembers your name, my dear friend. It doesn’t matter what you have done or haven’t done, He still knows you by name because He created you in His own image. There is nothing sweeter than to hear the mention of your own name. Come on now, be honest, it is lovely when somebody says, “Hello John, Hello Mary, how are you?” You think to yourself, “he remembered my name”, “she remembered my name”, and Jesus tells us this morning that He has got a book of remembrance. Your name is in that book, the Lamb’s Book of Life - nothing sweeter!

Peter, the big fisherman, was always changing feet. He was like a bull in a china shop. I tend to be a bit like that myself and get into trouble, but the Lord loved Peter so much. Even though Peter dropped the ball, even though Peter denied the Lord three times and he had just said a few hours before, “I will die for You” but he denied Him. He even blasphemed the Bible says, he swore, ‘I don’t even know Him” and yet the Lord Jesus knew that when the disciples were told to go down to Galilee and there Jesus would meet them all, He knew that Peter would not come because he was so broken. He had let the Lord down. “Tell the disciples—and Peter, I will see them in Galilee.” The Lord is saying to you the very same thing. “Tell Joe, tell Barnabas, tell Mark, I will see them in Heaven.” Today is a great day.

Jeremiah 1:5 in the Amplified Bible is even more confirmation:

“Before I formed you in the womb (in other words, before you were conceived in your mother’s womb, Jesus says) I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own]; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

That’s how much He loves you. He knows you! Speak to Him today!
Jesus bless you and goodbye.