In His Name by F. M. W.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 3, 1910

In His Name

By F. M. W.

CHRIST promises his disciples, “Whatsoever ye ask in my name, that will I do.” This constitutes the assurance of every petition. We can not approach God in our own worth or merit. Our very best efforts have resulted in failure. In us there is no good thing. We can not claim the blessing of God by

virtue of anything we have done or may do.

Though we have resolved to do better many times, we have fallen short of the mark. We can only cast ourselves at his feet, and plead his mercy, and ask that in the name of the Lord Jesus, and through the merits of his sacrifice, God will pardon us, and receive us.

The name of Jesus is the all-prevailing name in heaven and earth. Said the angel of Mary, in announcing the birth of Christ: “She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.” That name, and faith in that name, have wrought deliverance to the followers of the Lord many times since that announcement.

In that name, the heralds of the cross have gone forth in every age to proclaim the gospel of power. Through it, miracles have been wrought, stubborn hearts subdued. Peter could testify regarding the impotent man: “And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong.” And the apostle Paul, in speaking of the Lord Jesus, says: “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth.”

As we seek the Lord in prayer, let us come in the all-prevailing name of the Lord Jesus; let us realize what that name stands for, in mercy, and love, and goodness, and long-suffering, and tender compassion; and then with our hearts sensing the power and mercy of the One bearing the name, let us press our petitions with faith and assurance to the throne of the Father.

We have a mighty advocate, and no influence in heaven or in earth can resist the power of his plea and ministration in our behalf. Let us, therefore, present our petitions with assurance, claiming the promise, “Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.”

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

F. M. W.