My Name at the White House

IMAGINE that I went to the White House and said, “My name is Tony Evans, and this is what I want the White House staff to do.” As I was being booted off of the property, it would be clear that my name is really no name at all. Why? Because, in that setting, it just doesn’t carry any weight.

In other words, my name has no authority at the White House. Now, if the president comes out of the Oval Office and says, “I want this, that, or the other,” staff start moving and shaking because of his name. But his name is only “his name,” because of his position.

In other words, he’s got power in his name, because he’s got power in his post. His post makes his name a name above every other name in America. Now, if you bring Tony Evans back to Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, I’ve got a name. At the White House, I may not have a name; at this house, I have a name.

In this house, there is authority that goes with the post, giving the name credibility. Just shouting out the name of Jesus doesn’t give you power. If you don’t have the power of the person, you might as well not use His name. Having the power of the name comes through connection and relationship with the one who has the authority behind their name.