This week we begin worship with:
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
In a small town, at work, or in a big church, names carry weight. Do you know the so-and-sos? I had dinner with their cousins. Often that weight comes from what they did or donated. Their names are on the buildings.
But our verse this week is a prayer asking that our name be left off. That our contribution, however large, be hidden and anonymous. Instead, the name of God should be given weight.
That name loses its eternality translated as LORD. In Hebrew, it is the self-existent, unchangeable, and eternal "I AM".
This comes out clearly as the Psalmist speaks of the steadfastness and faithfulness of God's love. And it is because of that eternal and unchanging love for us, that weight should be given that name.
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