Names are important. When we are first born, the doctor asks for our name for our birth certificate. Strangers ask, "What is your name?" At school our work papers are identified by our names.
Is your name the same as someone else's? Usually a middle name will prevent trouble, but one boy really had a problem. His name was Nate Williams, and he had no middle name. Everyone thought Nate stood as a nickname for Nathan.
When he entered the armed services, he found there was also a Nathan Williams in his company. Too, he had a superior officer who refused to recognize "Nate," and gave orders to "Nathan Williams." The other Nathan didn't mind relaying a disliked duty to Nate—"the other Nathan." Nate was finally transferred to another company. How thankful he was!
But Nate knew one place where his name was never confused with anyone else's. "Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." Luke 10:2020Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:20). Nate had trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior, and he knew his name was written in heaven.
Is your name written there?