Born winner

Matthew 1:21 "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

 

1 Thessalonians 1:10 "and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath."

 

Parents go through books and do a lot of brainstorming to come up with names for anticipated children.  I remember how we wanted to find interesting names that would dress up the common last name of "Smith".  Of course we really know nothing of the personality or nature that our children will eventually display...it almost seems like the child should come with a nametag because the Lord knows what that new life will be all about.  That certainly was the case with Jesus.  As we learned in the Matthew verse above, "Jesus" was the name the Lord declared through the angel Gabriel because the magnificent central truth of his life would be to save or "rescue" us (and Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means "the Lord saves").  It is good to sharpen our focus on the mission of Jesus, as He walked among us 2000 years ago and as He works in our midst today.  He is the one who rescues us, who saves us from our sins.  He was a "born winner".

 

blessings,

Rob Smith