every one... is... some one...

This week... I sat through the credits at the end of a movie... one of those with an extra scene... you have to stay for...

Sitting in the dark... watching scores of names roll by... seemingly endless... wishing they would go faster... wondering why every one involved... even in the tiniest way... has to have their name listed... because it seems so boring...

It was in that moment... I heard...

They each have a name... 

I thought... Yes... they do...

My mind jumped to His Word... the books that contain lists of names...
Genesis...
Chronicles...
Matthew...
Luke...
(just to name a few...)

These are the sections we skip... (or at least skim really fast...) names we can't pronounce for the most part... names with no story attached... nothing recognizable... to learn from... yet God chose... to list them... include them in the credits...

The truth is... when it comes to names... each one... represents... some one...

Watching the credits... scroll... I thought...
Each one... was named...
Each one... longed for the recognition... to be listed in the credits...

Who would care about these names...?

The ones who named them...

A... mom... or ... dad... would sit... through the list I consider long... boring... with anticipation... excitement... waiting for their child's name to appear... receiving credit... for their part... in the making of a block-buster movie... They might even think... Why aren't the credits at the beginning...? Why did we have to wait to the end...?

But also... the Creator... who knows each one named... 

... for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men...

2Chronicles 6:30 NASB

Who died for each one named...

[God our Savior] desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all...

1Timothy 2:4-6 ESV

An unexpected joy... in the dark... an irritation... turned into an invitation... to intercede... for those named on the screen... the ones... loved by Him... some already... brothers... sisters... in Him... others... with potential to be...

EVERY ONE... is... SOME ONE...

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view.

2Corinthians 5:16 

In Christ... we should see... every one... through His eyes... with His heart... from a spiritual perspective... and the potential for redemption...

Whether the names appear in movie credits... or Scripture... the flesh is only interested in the important ones... the ones who were someone... the ones whose lives made a difference... but to Him... each name has significance... each known intimately... each one... He longs to save...

We... being transformed into His likeness... should be the same... 

Every one... is ... some one...

who is loved...

and has significance...

to their Creator...

even... you...

and... me...