I Know His Name — AND He Knows Mine!

Posted by Aleysha Proctor on February 21st, 2011 in Blog, faith | 4 Comments

Thus says the Lord, “ Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.”
Isaiah 43:1 NKJV

Just last year, 2010, the United States conducted the 23rd census in our nation’s history. A tremendous undertaking to count every man, woman, boy, and girl living in this country. The results? There are approximately 308,745,538 residents in the U.S. alone. And it’s estimated that the U.S. population only accounts for 5% of the world’s total population. Five percent?! That must mean there’s a whole lot of folks on this planet called Earth.

Yes, there are! As a matter of fact, it’s estimated that there are 6,897,100,000 souls currently in the world. That’s nearly 7 BILLION people . WOW! Can you count that high? I know that I can’t! With so many people, how do you not feel like you’re just a number? How could we even matter to God? How could God possibly be concerned about the minor details in our everyday lives?

Well, He is. He’s very concerned about EVERYTHING that concerns us! Psalm 138:8 says that the LORD will PERFECT that which concerns us! In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus tells us not to be worried about what we’ll eat or drink, and He says don’t be worried about what you’ll wear — those all sound like details to me! He says that our Heavenly Father knows that we have need of these things, but seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all of these things will be added to us.

In Matthew 10:30, Jesus says that ALL of the hairs on our heads are numbered. All of them! So when you notice some strands in your combs and brushes — God starts counting again! Every strand of your hair is accounted for in heaven.

In 2 Samuel 22:7 and Psalm 18:6, God hears your voice and your cries enter into His ears! Have you ever been in a store and heard someone calling your name or saying “Mom” and you didn’t bother to turn around because you didn’t recognize the voice? Well, God KNOWS YOUR voice and He stops and listens to you!

In Isaiah 38:5, He hears your prayers and sees your tears!

In Jeremiah 1:5, God says that before He even placed us in the womb of our mothers - HE KNEW US! And not only did He know us, but before we were even born, He sanctified and ordained us!

In Jeremiah 29:11, He’s constantly thinking about you! And He has PLANS for you - plans to give you a HOPE and a FUTURE!

Daniel 5:23 says that God holds your breath in His hand, and owns all of your ways!

In Zechariah 2:8, it says whoever touches you, touches the apple of GOD’s eye!

And in Isaiah 43:1, He has called you by your very name and He says that you belong to Him!

While the number of people on the earth at any given time is a staggering, mind-boggling number, it doesn’t matter to God, only YOU do!

You’re important to the Lord.