KNOWN IN HIM?
Acts 1:11-20

So many knows about Jesus and His name is often in the mouth of those that knows about Him. Knowing about Jesus does not cut it and will not get anyone far in the face of life challenges. Also, knowing Him is not enough if you are not known in Him. If in your knowing Him, you are not known in Him you are limited on dangerous grounds. It is possible to be conversant in calling the Name of the Lord Jesus without any power connection if the caller is not known in Him. As an acclaimed believer, do you only have Jesus’ name at the tip of your lips or in the depth of your heart? Have you sincerely set yourself aside to determine your relationship with the Word of God or the world around you? Are you just a part of the crowd or the crowd is part of you? The book of Acts described in Acts 19:13-14, “Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.  Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish priest, who did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know: but who are you?”” Paul did not just know Jesus but was also known in Him. Can you identify yourself in the name of Jesus or can you be identified with His name? Where do you stand? It is not enough if the living Word of God is not living inside of you and you do not represent His name in your walk of life. The name that you do not represent will not answer for you in times of confrontation. Acts 19:16, “Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.” The attempt of the Jewish itinerant exorcists to present what they do not represent could not prevail. Playing around in the name of Jesus is as dangerous as driving around in the dark with no headlights. Have you been getting away by toying with name of Jesus for long time? It is time and now is the day for you to let Jesus have His name embedded in you from the inside to outside of you. Be His representative and His name will be presenting you as an over-comer against all forms opposition. With the name of Jesus as your covering, you will never be naked like the itinerant Jewish exorcists that took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus that was not known in them.

Prayer for today: Ask that the Lord will open the eyes of your heart to know Jesus.