The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe. - Proverbs 18:10 NIV
Sometimes the proverbs seem overly repetitious, but then there comes a phrase that grabs our attention and won't let go. So it is with this verse. Several modern day worship songs have been written incorporating this verse, and it inspires us to sing out 'Blessed be the Name of the Lord.' There is something that sacred about the name of our God that the mere mention of His Name is a strong tower, a refuge for the righteous. God's name is of utmost importance. That is made clear in the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain - Ex.20:7 KJV
Why is God's name so important? Because it is our only salvation, our only strong tower. The mention of any other name has no power. Pharaoh, Caesar, Constantine, Henry the Eighth, King George, Napoleon, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan, Obama. None of these names have any power, none of these names can save. None of these names are anything that we can run to and be safe. There is only one name.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. - Acts 4:11-13
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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