Worship Ministry - August 2024
He Knows My Name
There is a well-known song from the early 2000s that has always struck a chord with me. It's a simple truth, yet it is also mind-blowing when you take a moment to digest it. It’s a song I remember fondly from childhood, my early days as an adult, and my first years of ministry. The chorus goes something like this:He knows my name
He knows my every thought
He sees all those tears that fall
And He'll hear you when you call
“He Knows My Name” by Tommy Walker
Have you ever had the chance to meet someone famous or meet your hero? When I was in 8th grade my family and I had the opportunity to go to the FedEx Forum in Memphis and see Third Day (at their peak) and The David Crowder Band (just getting started) in concert. It was made an extra special night because someone had gifted us meet-and-greet tickets to meet the bands. This was also during the height of my mom's fight with terminal cancer, so it was a much-needed reprieve.
When you get the chance to meet a well-known person, you tend to go in with some preconceived ideas about them and what they are going to be like. This night was no different! Third Day was on top of the Christian music world and they were heroes in my young mind. I expected them to be wonderfully kind and loving Christian people, which they were but didn’t reach my exceptions for them. They were kind enough to talk to us, but it felt like they didn’t want to be there, that they didn’t care to be meeting us. That this was a waste of their time. It was disappointing!
On the flip side, The David Crowder Band was so happy to be there. They were excited to talk to us and took time to engage us in a personal way. David (yes we are on a
first-name basis hahaha) even took the time to call my mother on his phone because she was in the hospital at the time. It left an impression on me that someone of his stature would give his time away like that.
How mind-blowing then to think that the God of all things, creator of all things, the Holiest of Holies, knows YOUR name!! Not kinda sorta knows who you are, but intimately knows every part of you that makes you...you. He knows your hurts. He knows your pain. He knows your needs. He listens when you call to Him. He knows your days, here on earth and for eternity.
“15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Psalm 139:15-16
So the next time you feel alone, tired, afraid, or stressed, remember that our Heavenly Father knows you and “hears you when you call.”
Love you and mean it!