The Name of Jesus

Philippians 2:9 "Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name."

Paul the apostle is using Jesus as the example for the believers in Philippi to follow in the areas of humbleness and obedience. He reminds them that Jesus, who was the eternal God, equal with God the Father, came down to earth as a man to follow the plan of God completely. He humbled Himself by becoming a man and fulfilled every instruction given Him. He was obedient even unto death. Because of this obedience, Paul now tells us, God has exalted Jesus and given Him a name above any other.
We see first of all that God highly exalted Jesus. After his successful mission on earth, Jesus ascended into heaven where He sits down at the right hand of God. Jesus purchased the title deed of earth when He paid for it with His life on the cross and He is seated on His throne in heaven. "Tetelesti!" He proclaimed on the cross: "it is finished!" or "paid in full!"He was faithful to His calling and is now waiting in heaven for the day that He comes back and claims what is rightfully His. First, He will gather His church unto Him and meet them in the clouds at the rapture, then He will come back a second time and sit on the throne of David here on earth. For a thousand years He will reign in this world before the Great White Throne judgement of all of mankind and afterwards a new heaven and a new earth. Jesus was and is God of this universe, but as a man God exalted Him to become the king of this earthly realm with all that is in it. Adam lost the right to rule the world and gave it up to the usurper, but the second Adam reclaimed the throne and will come back to occupy it.
Second, God has given Jesus the name which is above every name. The name of Jesus is to be proclaimed and worshipped for it is the only name by which man can be saved. Up until Jesus came and died, the name of God was Jehovah or "YHWH,"the unpronounceable name of God. But in Jesus God gave Himself a face and a name by which we could come to know and have a relationship with the God of the universe. "THWH,"the great "I AM" was shrouded in mystery, but through the revelation of the Christ we are now able to fill in the blank about our Creator, for we have a tenable example in human flesh of who He is. Jesus is that revelation of God, through which we can know Him and His name is to be worshipped and praised above every other name.

Application
Today I will spend extra time praising an worshipping God.