CALLED BY NAME - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Saturday, December 4, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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CALLED BY NAME

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And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; forto day I must abide at thy house.
-Luke 19:5

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ezekiel 47-48
1 John 3

At the beginning of the academic year, a school principal in our city pledged to learn the names of all 600 students in her school. Anyone who doubted her ability or resolve could look at her track record. During the previous year, she had learned the names of 700 students, and prior to that, 400 children in a different school. Think of what it must have meant to these students to be recognisedand greeted by name.
The story of Zacchaeus and Jesus (Luke 19:1-10) contains a surprising element of personal recognition. As Jesus passed through the city of Jericho, a wealthy tax collector named Zacchaeus climbed a tree in order to see Him. "When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, â€˜Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house' " (v.5). Instead of ignoring Zacchaeus or saying "Hey, you in the tree," Jesus called him by name. From that moment on, his life began to change.
When it seems that no one knows you or cares who you are, remember Jesus. He knows us by name and longs for us to know Him in a personal way. Our Father in heaven sees us through His eyes of love and cares about every detail of our lives. - David McCasland
Father, thank You that my value in Your eyes is not determined by what I do but simply by the fact that You created me. Help me to recognise that same value in others as I represent You to the world.

Jesus knows you by name and longs for you to know Him.

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