[Discoveries] 04-09-08 The family name -- Genesis 48:16

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*May they be called by my name, and the names of my fathers Abraham and 
Isaac ... -- Genesis 48:16*/

Jacob blesses the sons of Joseph and gives them the highest gift, his 
own name and the name of his fathers.

I was a school bus driver when my wife was pregnant with our first son. 
We knew it was a boy, but we were having trouble deciding on a name. But 
one day as I was driving around in my school bus, with nobody on board, 
it came to me that our son should be named after his 
great-greatgrandfather Hans Burt who came to the United States from 
Norway in the middle 1800s. As an immigrant child in a single-parent 
family in the 1800s, our ancestor overcame much to become a man of God.

Our second son received my name.

By giving these boys their names, I am doing two things. I am looking 
into their future and calling into their lives everything that is good 
and wholesome and true about their family. And I am looking to God for 
the grace to pass on a name of honor. I am also taking a risk. I hope 
and believe that my boys will grow into honorable men, but I can't 
guarantee that they will. What will they do with the family name? 
Ultimately, I don't know.

One of the last things Jesus did before He departed was to give us His 
name. Carrying His name we are Jesus to this world. God risks the name 
of His Son on us so that He can call everything good about Jesus into 
our lives.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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