DAY 111 Read 1 Chronicles 5 and 6.
Today's reading: More names! But sprinkled along in these genealogies you will find interesting bits of history also.
Memory gem: "To him that overcometh will I give...a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it" (Revelation 2:17).
Thought for today:
Did you ever hear of a man without a name? We sometimes hear of people who have forgotten their names or whose names for some reason are not known, and in such cases efforts are made at once to identify them. When a man's name cannot be found, we give him a name and call him Mr. X or John Doe.
Someone may ask, "But what's in a name, anyway?" And the answer is, "A good deal, usually." A man's name is the thing that sets him apart from all others and establishes his personal identity. The first question asked in any case of identification is, "What is your name?" The name you bear has a history behind it. And when we ask, "How did you get it?" you reply, "My father and mother gave it to me." Perhaps it is in honor of some great man or good friend, and every time it is spoken it memorializes noble deeds.
When we turn to the Bible we find that names, for the most part, were a declaration of the faith of men who feared God and received their children as from His hand and made in their names a dedication to Him. So Hannah names Samuel "God has heard," and Elijah means "Jehovah is my God."
Today's reading: More names! But sprinkled along in these genealogies you will find interesting bits of history also.
Memory gem: "To him that overcometh will I give...a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it" (Revelation 2:17).
Thought for today:
Did you ever hear of a man without a name? We sometimes hear of people who have forgotten their names or whose names for some reason are not known, and in such cases efforts are made at once to identify them. When a man's name cannot be found, we give him a name and call him Mr. X or John Doe.
Someone may ask, "But what's in a name, anyway?" And the answer is, "A good deal, usually." A man's name is the thing that sets him apart from all others and establishes his personal identity. The first question asked in any case of identification is, "What is your name?" The name you bear has a history behind it. And when we ask, "How did you get it?" you reply, "My father and mother gave it to me." Perhaps it is in honor of some great man or good friend, and every time it is spoken it memorializes noble deeds.
When we turn to the Bible we find that names, for the most part, were a declaration of the faith of men who feared God and received their children as from His hand and made in their names a dedication to Him. So Hannah names Samuel "God has heard," and Elijah means "Jehovah is my God."
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