“Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.” Matthew 6:9-13
The first word, phrase and sentence contain incredible treasures. Yeshua begins by calling Yehovah “Our Father.” By using the term ‘our’, He is identifying with us, mere mortals, coming alongside us as He did by leaving the splendour of Heaven to be born as a baby in a lowly village in Israel. He calls Almighty Yehovah our Father, stating that we have been adopted into His family by being born again. In doing so He also declares we are brothers and sisters, equal with one another in acceptance, privilege and position, equally loved by Yehovah Himself. Accordingly, we are commanded to love one another, even as Yehovah has loved us, despite our failures and imperfections. We are told that everyone will know we are children of Yehovah because we instinctively love our brothers and sisters. Similarly, an evidence that someone is NOT born again is that they do NOT love one another. While Yehovah is omnipresent, He is positioned in Heaven. Although He abides with and in us, is fully aware of and involved in our daily lives and situations, problems and struggles, He is above being adversely impacted and panicked by them. He can see them from His Omniscient perspective. He sees the “big picture” and where and how all these things fit into His plan and purpose for our lives. He knows the whole situation and how it will turn out (if we follow His instructions regarding them). We acknowledge Yehovah is above ALL and remind ourselves that HE is unperturbed by our problems, stresses and strains. He is not sitting, panicking and wringing His hands, worrying if it will all work out. He can overrule and bring us through, if we ask, allow and let Him. When we ‘hallow’ someone or something, we set them or it above all other things. When we hallow the name of Yehovah, we hallow Him personally, setting Him high above everything in terms of position and importance. We are commanded to exalt His name above all other names, people, things and situations. Whatever it is, if it has a name, be it sickness, poverty, guilt, condemnation, the Name of Yeshua is above it, and we are instructed to exalt the name of Yeshua over it. At HIS name every other name and situation in your life must bow.