"Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name!" It is the
first request of that wonderful prayer.
Do you see the baby boy in your home? He has hurt himself, or got into
some difficulty. He can just say one single word, and that word is
the only name he knows; and you hear him calling out in his distress,
"Mother! Mother!" Over and over, till she comes running in, and in a
moment he is in her arms!
And this brings me to a text I am very very fond of: "The Name of the
Lord is a Strong Tower! The righteous runneth into it and is safe."
A few years ago a sister of mine was walking on a lonely road, and just
as she was crossing a railway bridge between two brick walls a man
sprang out and seized her watch and chain.
No one was in sight, and she knew she was utterly helpless, and that
the man's strength would soon wrench the watch away.
Then she bethought herself of the Name of Jesus! And she called to Him
aloud, "Lord, help me!"
In an instant the man relaxed his hold, dropped the watch and chain,
and made off as fast as he could, and she saw him no more! Surely to
her the Name of the Lord had been a strong tower, she had run into it
and was safe!
And this is only one instance of very many that I have known, when the
Holy Name of our God, or of our dear Saviour, is all-powerful to help
us in our greatest need.
If we hallow the Name of our God in our lives now, there will be a time
when we shall see His Face, and His Name shall be in our foreheads, as
a token that we are His for ever.