A Meditation on “Hallowed Be Your Name”

If your podcast app is set to skip the silent sections, disable that in your podcast app for this podcast. One thing – David in Psalm 27 Psalms 27:4 (NIV) One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. One thing — Jesus talking to Martha and Mary in Luke 10 — it says Martha was distracted… So Jesus says to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the one thing that cannot be taken away from her. There’s something about saying Martha’s name twice that shows his care for her, and that he really wants her to hear what he’s getting ready to say. He’s talking about her whole life — being distracted by too many things because she has lost focus on the one thing she truly needs most. Anxiety is often hidden in our body and in our mind. But it happens when the one thing stops being the main thing and just becomes another thing on a long list of too many things. The very next sentence after Jesus talking to Martha is Luke 11… Luke 11:1-4 (NIV) “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, Hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come.’” Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.  And lead us not into temptation.’” Something about this shorter version gives us the main point.  Father hallowed be your name “Holy” (Who God is) — Radiant, ultimate in splendor, beauty, glory, goodness, etc. “Hallowed” is the verb form of the word holy. It usually gets translated as “sanctify” in our English Bible (“hallowed” = “sanctified”). And we get a better idea what that verb means when used in poetic parallel in… Isaiah 29:23 ESV “[The children of Abraham] will sanctify my name [same phrase as “hallowed by your na