What’s in a Name Anyway?

As a child, I was taught strictly not to ‘take the Name of The Lord in vain,’ as many of you were. Other than using His Name as a curse word, I had little understanding of this concept. With age, experience and insight, I have come to a much broader understanding of what a name conveys and means. No doubt, this is ‘elementary, my dear.’
 
Here is something that is not so elementary, though our lives and world would be in much better shape if only it were:

God honors His Word

far above His Name  (Psalm 138:2)

The Amplified Bible translates this verse as: You have exalted above all else Your Name and Your Word, and You have magnified Your Word above all Your Name!

All along, we were taught to not disrespect the Name of The Lord, and this has largely ‘stuck’, even in the minds of people who are not practicing Christians. Ever hear a practicing sinner remind another not to disrespect His Name? Like me, have you even done this yourself?
 
Point-to-ponder: How do we seek, in general, and how have you, personally, sought to honor the Name of The Lord, yet manage daily to disrespect His Word, which He honors far above His Name?
 
As you ponder this point, consider what I believe may be God’s greatest problem – invisibility, that is His physical absence from among mankind. From the beginning, God, Who is Spirit, intended to have on-going physical contact (fellowship) with human beings through Jesus, His Son, who is the physical representation or representative of the invisible God. Sin changed the calculus, and God physically removed Himself from regular, on-going (fellowship) contact with humans. Had He not done this, all humans would have been disintegrated because sin cannot consist in His abiding presence. Rather, His contact (through pre-incarnate Jesus) was sporadic, highly selective, and seemingly always toward laying an important ‘building block’ towards achievement of God’s redemptive plan for mankind, hinted in Genesis 3:15. That plan was launched with the selection of Abram/Abraham to be the father of a nation through whom Jesus, God's sacrifice for sinful man, would be born, be crucified, and be resurrected from the grave. This multi-millennial plan is being unfolded across the middle five of seven ages of humanity, namely: (1) pre-flood, (2) post-flood/pre-cross, (3) post-cross (Church Age), (4) tribulation period, (5) Millennial Reign, (6) post-Millennial Reign, and (7) eternity.

 
Meanwhile, God remains invisible, physically separated from mankind, even from us who are redeemed through faith in Jesus as God’s sacrifice for sin. Being physically absent in our physical world means God must compete with everything physical, for our attention, affection and affinity. To bridge this incredible gap, He sent His physical, written Word. And by His Spirit in the Earth, He cracks open important revelations and insights as we meditate on the historical stories, poetry and admonitions in His book.

 
Though it is in the Earth, dishonoring and disrespecting His Word, therefore, shuts down this critical bridge between God and His beloved mankind. Apart from The Bible, it is impossible to ‘know’ God, His character, charity, compassion, and company of holy angels dispatched to help us counter the effects of fallen angels in the Earth.

What say you?
How will you show greater honor and respect for God’s Word?
Your decisions will be an example (good or bad) for your on-lookers.