Erase their names?

B. A. Manakala

Erase their names from the Book of Life; don’t let them be counted among the righteous. (Ps 69:28 nlt)

During a picnic we decided to get on a particular ride. We were four and only three seats were left for that ride. One of us, though he had the desire to go, willingly said, ‘I will opt out, three of you can go’.

David’s prayer here in the verse (Ps. 69:28) is to erase the names of his enemies from the book of life! He may be referring to a book of records that was maintained for Israelites (Ez. 13:9). The names of those who died were removed from this book.

We desire that more names are added to the Book of Life (Rev. 3:5). Once Moses prayed to God to remove his name from God’s book if God cannot forgive the sins of the people Moses was leading (Ex. 32:32)! Paul also expressed his willingness to be cursed and cut off from Christ if that would save his people (Rom 9:2)! I wish to grow into the spiritual maturity that Moses and Paul demonstrate here. God will never erase anyone’s name from His book. But am I willing to risk myself to save others, as Jesus did to save me?

Work hard to add more names to the Book of Life; do not worry about the earthly records!

Prayer: Lord, help me to focus on the heavenly records rather than on the earthly ones. Amen


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