O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in
all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou
mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast
ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him?
and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels (Hebrew: “God”), and hast
crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest
him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet (Psalm 8:1-6).

This is the Bible definition of honor. God has
given us honor and dominion over the things
that are His.

The Honor of Jesus’ Name

But God has honored us in an even
more important way: He has given us the
honor of His Son, Jesus. And Jesus honored us
even more by giving us the use and
authority of His Name.

After Jesus was raised from the dead
He said to His disciples: “All power, all
authority, has been given unto Me both
in heaven and in earth. Therefore, you go
into all the earth. Take My Name and cast
out Satan. Lay hands on the sick, and they
will recover. Do it in My Name”
(Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 16:15-18).

Jesus gave us authority and dominion
over Satan, sickness and disease.
He also gave us authority over spiritual
communication. We have every right to
pray in the spirit.

What did He do? He honored the Church
with His Name, His blood, His covenant
with God. He gave us dominion over all
the forces of darkness because He gave us His Name.

With what else could He honor us?
What more could we possibly want or need?
Eternal life? He has honored us with everlasting
life when we were born again (John 3:16).

His presence? He promised never to leave
us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). His own person?
He made us bone of His bone, flesh of His flesh,
spirit of His Spirit (Ephesians 5:30; 1 Corinthians 6:17).
His love? He loved us so much that He gave Himself for
us (Titus 2:14). You cannot honor a person any more
than by giving your whole self.

Crowned With Honor

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is
thy name in all the earth!…hast
thou ordained strength…. and hast
crowned him with glory and honour
(Psalm 8:1-2, 5).

Crowned with glory and honor.
Here the psalmist is talking about praise,
power and dominion, about the Name of God
and His glory. “How excellent is Your Name.
How powerful is Your Name.
How filled with authority is Your Name.”

He is talking, too, about God having given
man dominion over all the works of His hands.
Isn’t that an honor? Certainly. It is an honor
that could have come only from God.
He’s the only One with the authority to
give dominion over what belonged to Him.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries