I HAVE A NEW NAME
God spends a lot of time in the Bible telling us who we are
It's almost as if He knew that we
Would doubt who that was from time to time
It's as if He saw it coming that we'd spend our whole
Lives searching for what our identity, what our real name was
And that there'd be many moments in our lives
Where we'd let different kinds of names define us
When we've heard the name "Ugly"
"Unworthy"
"Forgotten"
"Rejected"
"impure"
We hear "garbage"
"addict"
"forever broken"
we hear "second place"
"lonely"
"disgusting"
It's overwhelming
These voices we're constantly hearing
It's suffocating, this air of constant critique and comparing
It's almost as if He knew that we
Would doubt who that was from time to time
It's as if He saw it coming that we'd spend our whole
Lives searching for what our identity, what our real name was
And that there'd be many moments in our lives
Where we'd let different kinds of names define us
When we've heard the name "Ugly"
"Unworthy"
"Forgotten"
"Rejected"
"impure"
We hear "garbage"
"addict"
"forever broken"
we hear "second place"
"lonely"
"disgusting"
It's overwhelming
These voices we're constantly hearing
It's suffocating, this air of constant critique and comparing
BUT GOD SAYS SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT ME
I’m going back to the source
Not the people I’ve allowed to represent God to me
But the actual, literal
Tangible words that He has written down for me
And there’s some other names He’s given to me
John 15:15 He calls me “FRIEND”
1 Thessalonians 1:4 He calls me “CHOSEN”
Ephesians 2:10 He calls me His “WORKMANSHIP”
He calls me His “ART ”
He calls me “HAND-MADE”
He calls me “PURPOSED” and
“FASHIONED FOR GOOD THINGS ”
Corinthians 6:19 He calls my body “A TEMPLE”
He calls it “THE RESIDENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ”
Acts1:8 He calls me His “MESSENGER TO THE WORLD”
Galatians 3:26 He calls me His “CHILD”
Romans 5:8 He calls me “GREATLY LOVED”
John 8:36 He calls me “FREE, FREE INDEED”
2 Corinthians 5:17 He calls me “BRAND NEW”
And it’s amazing how different these names
Are from the names I’m used to listening to
And in my journey to discover who I really am
In my battle to uncover the truths of
Myself, I’ve learned something new about my name
And now, this is what I am certain of
My name is not the name the world calls me
My name is not the name my past calls me
My name is not even the name my own mirror calls me
But my name, my name is the name I answer to
And I can choose today from this
Moment forward to answer to a NEW NAME
I’m going back to the source
Not the people I’ve allowed to represent God to me
But the actual, literal
Tangible words that He has written down for me
And there’s some other names He’s given to me
John 15:15 He calls me “FRIEND”
1 Thessalonians 1:4 He calls me “CHOSEN”
Ephesians 2:10 He calls me His “WORKMANSHIP”
He calls me His “ART ”
He calls me “HAND-MADE”
He calls me “PURPOSED” and
“FASHIONED FOR GOOD THINGS ”
Corinthians 6:19 He calls my body “A TEMPLE”
He calls it “THE RESIDENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ”
Acts1:8 He calls me His “MESSENGER TO THE WORLD”
Galatians 3:26 He calls me His “CHILD”
Romans 5:8 He calls me “GREATLY LOVED”
John 8:36 He calls me “FREE, FREE INDEED”
2 Corinthians 5:17 He calls me “BRAND NEW”
And it’s amazing how different these names
Are from the names I’m used to listening to
And in my journey to discover who I really am
In my battle to uncover the truths of
Myself, I’ve learned something new about my name
And now, this is what I am certain of
My name is not the name the world calls me
My name is not the name my past calls me
My name is not even the name my own mirror calls me
But my name, my name is the name I answer to
And I can choose today from this
Moment forward to answer to a NEW NAME
