One of the first things Adam had to do was name the animals. It’s an unusual first task in a brand-new world. Why name the animals? It mirrors what God did. After His first words—“Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3)—we read, “God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night” (Genesis 1:5). God names five things. Then He brings the animals to Adam “to see what he would name them… So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals” (Genesis 2:19–20). To name something, you have to stop, look, examine and understand. You have to be present. You have to pay attention. This is the beginning of wisdom—living intentionally. It’s how we come to discern what is good and what is evil. If we don’t, we risk falling into the confusion of “those who call evil good and good evil” (Isaiah 5:20). Today, we’re still called to name rightly—to see the world through a lens of truth. And that only happens when we place one name above all others: “God exalted Jesus to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name” (Philippians 2:9). Let His name shape how you see everything. Open Bible – https://bit.ly/Gen1v3-5, https://bit.ly/Gen2v19-20, https://bit.ly/Isa5v20, https://bit.ly/phi2v9 (Craig B)
