Called By Name • Daily Devo #501
Open To All: Daily Devo 505 • Word Count: 1,492
Today’s Devotional Scripture: But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. - Isaiah 43:1 KJV
7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. - Isaiah 43:7 KJV
The Message For Today (March 29, 2026):
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Identity is a major part of our walk. Knowing who we are in Christ can be the difference between listlessly moving around life without purpose and building life with intention. There are many states of being on the spectrum of purpose.
The Lord tells us here in Isaiah that he has called many by name. Everyone that is called, meaning this was not just a word for Jacob. It was directed to Jacob, but it was not just for Jacob, who he formed into Israel. This was for every believer who is called to walk with Him, who was created for his glory, formed by him.
This is the word of God for everyone who is called by his name. He made us. He created us. The vision that we have, He is the one who gave us the vision. He is the God that directs our steps, for the Bible decrees that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord.
It is God who shifts our lives, opening and closing doors on our journey. It is He that positions us for such a time as this. No one can take that. No one can break that. No one can remove the weight that the Lord has given you, because no one else has called you by name. No one else has formed you. No one else made you.
Everything that we are, everything that we’re called, we are called in God. We are called by faith. We are called in Christ Jesus. This is the will of the Father, that we would walk with him and that we would grow with him, to discover our divine purpose, to see the truth of who we are in him. To overcome every principality and every dark force by walking with the God who knows us, who formed us, who created us, designed our lives, and knows the things that we deal with.
The desire of the Father is that we would know him, that we would walk with him, that his sheep would know his voice. The Lord has cultivated us for a life that grows from season to season. He’s called us to forget those things which are behind and press toward the prize, to press toward the mark, and to know that at the end of the line he’s there.
He’s there daily. He’s there in our uncertainty. He’s there when we feel overwhelmed. He’s there to be the rock of the ages. He’s there to be the word that we hold on to. He’s there to remind us of His promises.
God is here now, and you are called by name. You are called for his great works. You are called to overcome every obstacle in your family. You are called in the name of Jesus to be the bearer of His glory with chain-breaking anointing.
For the just shall live by faith and not by sight. That is the word tells us: for the just shall live by faith.
In Romans 1:17 we are given this instruction. In Romans chapter 1:17 it states:
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. - Romans 1:17 KJV
In Galatians 3:11, it reads:
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. - Galatians 3:11 KJV
In Hebrews 10:38, it states:
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. - Hebrews 10:38 KJV
We are justified by our faith.
We are not justified by our works alone. We are not justified by people’s understanding of us. We are not justified by the ways of this world or the systems of the enemy. We are not justified by how hard we work to please people.
We are justified by faith. And by faith we receive who He has called us.
By faith, it was Gideon who became a mighty man of valor.
By faith, it was Ruth who stepped into the lineage of Jesus when she made a vow to Naomi in Ruth chapter 1:16-17.
It was by faith that Esther risked her life to save the Jews against the plans of the enemy. It is by faith.
When we decide that we will go to the King, when we decide that we will walk with our God, when we decide to go before the throne of grace and glory for the very definition of our identity, and when we go to him for the plans, when we go to Him bearing our hearts, bearing our souls, and surrendering our lack of understanding, we then step into faith.
We step into the moment in Isaiah 43:1, where the Lord assures us that he is with us. We step into divine grace, and he makes ways out of no way.
In verses 18-19 of the same chapter in Isaiah 43, the Lord gives us instruction. He tells us that he’s doing a new thing.
So after decreeing in Isaiah 43:1 that He called him (Jacob) by name, He then goes on in verse 18-19 of the same chapter to give him instructions to forget everything else, to let go of everything before He called him by name, to let go of everything before the decree, to let go of everything before Isaiah 43.
To let go of the former things. So what does this mean in the scope of this scripture? That He tells Jacob that He has redeemed him and has called him by name, and then 17 verses later says: Now forget everything else, forget who you were, forget every old thing. And it states:
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
- Isaiah 43:18-19 KJV
So after telling Jacob that He has called him by name, he says Now step forward into the plan I have for you. He says Don’t be afraid. I have redeemed thee. I have called thee. Now step forward into something new.
A new way. New paths. Ways out of the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Taking care of our every need, guiding our steps in divine identity, in purpose, in truth, and in authenticity.
The Lord has called us to go forth by faith, to go forth answering to the name he called us, and to go forth redeemed, knowing that we have been created for His glory. This is the will of the Father toward you and toward me.
Closing Devotional Prayer
My prayer for you:
Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for the woman of God. I thank you for the grace and the glory. I thank you, God, for being Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
I thank you for the weighty glory of God. Thank you for keeping the mighty woman of God. Thank you for breaking every wall, every chain. King of glory, have your way.
Lord, I thank you for shifting everything this morning as the mighty woman of God spends time with you, as she lifts up her hands and she praises you, O God, as she blesses you, God, as she walks upright in you.
I thank you, Lord God, that you are with her God, that you are empowering her by your Spirit, that the word of the Lord is going forth, O God, to break the yoke. For we know that the word is sharper than any two-edged sword, cleaving soul from spirit.
Allow your word to go forth. Allow your word, O God, to permeate everything. Allow it, O God, to be the evidence. Allow it to be the truth. Allow it, God, to be the evidence for you are God alone.
I thank you, Lord God, for the truth. I thank you, O God, for your will. I thank you, God, for calling us by name. I thank you, O God, that everything is changing. Thank you that nothing is remaining as it was, that old things are passing away, and all things have become new. I thank you, Lord, and I pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.