What's Your Name

What's Your Name

Genesis 32:28 - "Your name will no longer be Jacob," the man told him. "It is now Israel, because you have struggled with both God and men and have won."

Jacob wrestled with an angel all night long because he wanted to be blessed of God. He wanted more and he felt to get more, he had to hold on for dear life. But there was something that was causing him not to receive. Many times we struggle to hold on and not give up, but there is usually something in our lives that is causing us to not receive what it is we are wanting from God.

You see, Jacob had a problem. HIS NAME! His name meant "trickster"! He could not receive what he was trying to hold on to as long as he was calling himself "Trickster!". His very name was holding him in bondage and when his name was spoken, a curse was prophesied over him. God changed his name and that changed his method of getting things. Not only was his name wrong, but the way he got his birthright was wrong. So, God changed his name and gave him the blessing of his birthright the right way.

What is your name? What do people call you? Or more importantly, what have you spoken over yourself? Do you get things the wrong way? Are you trying to hold on, yet it seems you are losing your grip? Then allow God to speak a new identity over you. Allow God to tell you who you are so you can rest in him and the destiny he has given. You may have been told that you will not amount to anything or you may have tried to make something of yourself by stepping over others. But it doesn't matter once you get in the presence of the living God.

God can change your name, change what people said about you, and pull his destiny and purpose out of a seemingly hopeless situation. And when God speaks it over you, it's set in stone! No one can change the plan of God. Once God called Jacob "Israel", there was no turning back. Jacob could no longer mess it up, because God cannot lie and what he speaks has to come to pass! So, let God speak his identity over you and change things in your life forever! Remember, once it's spoken, only God can change it and he does not lie!

Suggested Reading: 2Cor. 5:17, 2Pet. 1:4, Titus 1:2, 2Cor. 7:15