Devotion Archive

Week of May 3, 2010

Do you write your name on every Kleenex that you use?  Every napkin in your house?  The dead leaves on your lawn?

Do you write your name on a favorite book?  On your car? (it’s that thing called the title)  On luggage you don’t want to lose?

I’m guessing that you said “no” to the first set of questions and “yes” to the second set of questions.  Why?  Because things that are fairly common and will be discarded (such as Kleenexes, napkins, and leaves) have no value.  Hence you don’t need to make sure that they are identified as belonging to you.  However, things of great value (such as a fantastic book, your car, your favorite luggage) are things that you don’t want to lose or other people to take.  You write your name on those things so that you can identify and keep them.

Listen to this picture of heaven from Revelation chapter 22 verse 4: “They (God’s people in heaven) will see his (God’s) face, and his name will be on their foreheads.”

In this picture, what did God do?  He wrote his name on his peoples’ foreheads!  What does that mean about how God feels about them?  He values them.  He loves them.  He cherishes them.  He doesn’t want to lose them.  He wants them to know that they belong to Him and are greatly valued by Him.

This is how he feels about you.  In fact, he has already written his name on you.  When you were baptized, you were baptized “into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).  You belong to Jesus.  He washes away your sin and guilt and makes you priceless in his sight. 

Don’t believe the lie that you aren’t important, don’t mean that much to God, or that he doesn’t love you.  He is proud to write his name on you.  You belong to him. 

Happy to belong to the Savior who died and rose for me, just like you,

Pastor Jon Bergemann

Weekly Devotions are taken from Trinity's“Screenside Chat”, a weekly email devotion and newsletter from Pastor Bergemann designed to give you a spiritual boost from your Savior while keeping you connected to your Trinity family. 

Contact Pastor Jon Bergemann if you are interested in knowing more about Trinity Lutheran Church.

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