THINK of the name of the person whom you love the best in the world, and then think how you would feel if you heard any one speak against that name. Would not you feel grieved? Would you not turn away from the one who spoke against that loved name? And say: "I cannot hear you speak like that—I love that name above any on earth."
Yes; if you think of it, you will see that it is so.
And if we feel so about an earthly love, and an earthly name, what ought we to feel about that "Name which is above every name"?
No wonder God says in His Holy Law: "Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain!"
And our Lord, in the Prayer which He has told us all to use, says—
"Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name!" It is the first request of that wonderful prayer.
Do you see the baby boy in your home? He has hurt himself, or got into some difficulty. He can just say one single word, and that word is the only name he knows; and you hear him calling out in his distress, "Mother! Mother!" Over and over, till she comes running in, and in a moment he is in her arms!
And this brings me to a text I am very very fond of: "The Name of the Lord is a Strong Tower! The righteous runneth into it and is safe."
A few years ago a sister of mine was walking on a lonely road, and just as she was crossing a railway bridge between two brick walls a man sprang out and seized her watch and chain.
No one was in sight, and she knew she was utterly helpless, and that the man's strength would soon wrench the watch away.