God’s Word Greater Than His Name

“…for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”  (Psalm 138:2)

One can read the many descriptive names of God in the Bible.  He is called the great “I AM.”  He is called Jesus, Immanuel and LORD.  He is called Jehovah.  Holy and reverent is His name.  The model prayer says that when we pray we are to say, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed, or holy, be thy name. (Mathew 6:9)

We read in the Ten Commandments that we are not to take the name of the LORD thy God in vain. (Exodus 20:7)  God has given Jesus a “name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” (Philippians 2:9,10)

But, the Bible says that as great as His name is, God has magnified His Word above all His name.  No wonder we preachers, pastors and evangelists are instructed to “preach the word.”  We believers are to read it faithfully, meditate upon it, to study it, to hide it in our hearts, believe it and to live it day in and day out.