The Name of Jesus

https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/12/trust-in-his-name

I just heard a testimony of my local church preacher yesterday of his experience after accepting Christ of being able to call upon Jesus and thus have no more fear of the dark or of roaming spirits during the Chinese Ghost Festival. Christ made the difference!

I myself had a similar experience. As I was growing up, we had watched the movie Exorcist, one of the scariest of movies ever, and although I only watched through the cracks of my fingers as I closed my eyes and covered my face with my hands, it still terrified me so much that I had nightmares every now and then when I was growing up. Then at 14, I accepted Christ and miraculously the nightmares disappeared. I don’t recall whether they went away immediately or over time but they did go away.

When I was growing up I also learnt a ritual on how to pray through my late mum’s family’s Taoist background. The difference was that it was a prayer made in hope of reaching a diety rather than a confident prayer knowing God hears me. After I accepted Christ, I know that when I pray, my prayers reach God in the heavenlies because the Holy Spirit now lives in me. In fact God Himself lives in my heart! I can call upon the name of Jesus and I am assured He hears me. It’s a name I trust knowing my destiny in life is in Him. He will listen and make my dreams come true as I align my dreams with His plans and purposes for my life.

Trust the name of Jesus. Even the wind and waves listened to Him. The wind and waves still remember His name today and forever more. Demons will flee at the name of Jesus. Resist the devil and he will flee from us. Call upon the name of Jesus in times of trouble, and frustrations and dilemmas. He will help us resolve our issues of life. The name of Jesus can be trusted as He is the way, the truth and the life. He has the words of eternal life and holds the keys to Hades. As believers, on the last day of the time as we know it now, we will see Him to receive our respective crowns of glory. Trust in the name of Jesus as we face the various hurdles and storms of life. As Jesus is in the boat with us, don’t despair or panic or be anxious, He will carry us through as we put our trust and hope on Him!