“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
(Matt. 7:22-23)
It’s a serious thing to tag God’s name onto our self-righteous works. His labeling is stitched into many a man-made endeavor. His name doesn’t make something cheap all of a sudden become classy. God places His own trademark on whosoever and whatsoever pleases Him; and there is no disputing it is quality material.
You’ll remember when Jacob was seeking spiritual blessings he brought God’s name into his carnal scheme. His father, Isaac, asked him how he found venison so quickly, to which he replied, “The LORD thy God brought [it] to me.” God didn’t have anything to do with it; it was Rebekah’s and Jacob’s plan from start to finish.
Putting a Hart Schaffner Marx label inside a Penney’s suit still leaves you with a cheap suit. Mark it down, what we plant won’t bloom. The world’s greatest authority said, “Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up”.
We Christians need to cease taking God’s name in vain by forging it to our connivances.
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