Everyone has something that they deem as precious. Parents see their children as precious. Some people are amazed by different pieces of art and would deem the pieces to be precious. We have precious items behind glass, locked up in a safe, or even placed in museums. Each person has a different opinion as to what is precious.
When something is precious it means it is valuable, important, worthy of special care. People often make sacrifices to protect and care for what is precious. In today’s verse, the Psalmist declares that he will “worship and praise.” What will he worship and praise? The name of the Lord. Why? Because it is precious.
There is power in the name of Jesus. In the Bible, we read that we will have what we ask in His name (see John 14:13). We read in healing done in the name of Jesus (see Acts 3:16). For the Psalmist, he recognized that the name of the Lord is precious. He placed God as higher, above, and worthy. In placing God in this position in his life, he was deeming His precious. Not everyone today will bow down at the name of Jesus. We each can decide if we believe He is precious, if we believe He is Lord. Yet one day, everyone will recognize that Jesus is precious. The One who poured out His precious blood that redeems, the One who lived a holy life, a sinless life, worthy to reconcile—He will return, and all will see, and everyone will bow at the name of Jesus. How precious is the name of Jesus!
“Lord, I will offer myself freely, and everything I am I give to you. I will worship and praise your name, O Lord, for it is precious to me. – Psalm 54:6 [TPT]
Tania Gutekunst 