Daily Presence

~~~ Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 ~~~ Psalm 128 ~~~ Matthew 8:1-4 ~~~

God further said to Abraham:

“As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai;

her name shall be Sarah.

In Biblical times when God changes your name

 he has chosen you for a special purpose.

This is what happens with Abraham's wife Sarai.

God had a plan for Sarai to bear a son, Isaac.

Nice plan, but Sarai was way beyond her child bearing years.

Until now she had been infertile.

Until now she had long given up any dreams of giving birth.

Until now Abraham had accepted their inability to conceive.

But now God revealed his plan to Abraham 

beginning with changing Sarai's name to Sarah.

God's plan was for Abraham and Sarah 

to pass on to their descendants God's covenant.

I will maintain my covenant with him as an everlasting pact,

to be his God and the God of his descendants after him.

It was important that God's covenant with Abraham

 be passed down through his blood line.

Of course Abraham laughed even as he

 was prostrating before God.

He and Sarah were both too 

old to have any children.

God calls each of us to be his own.

Your name or your age is no issue for God.

God's desire for us is to be

 in his presence all the days of our life.

Blessings today as you stay close to the Lord.

~~~Peace~~~

Who Has the Last Word?

 

~~~ Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 ~~~ Psalm 128 ~~~ Matthew 8:1-4 ~~~

 

 Abraham prostrated himself and laughed as he said to himself,
“Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old?
Or can Sarah give birth at ninety?”

 

It is probably not a good idea to laugh at the words of God.

When God is determined to get your attention,

he sometimes makes use of what we would consider outrageous.
All things are possible with God.
We never need to wonder if God will do what he says.
It is God that changes names...
today he changes Sarai to Sarah.

Most parents I know spend much time picking
 just the right name before their baby is born.
When God changes someone's name it indicates he has
 simultaneously changed their life.

God wanted Sarah to see herself as a new woman
even though she was at the end of her life.

 

 

The woman formerly known as Sarai was old, and barren.
Sarah was rejuvenated from within...
God blessed her with new life.
She would from then on know herself as a mother.
 From that day forward she would not question God's plan.
From that day forward she was given a new passion for life.
I think life begets more life.

Her despair was turned to a joy filled hope beyond her imagination.
She had given up the hope of conceiving...
but God changed everything.
God gave Isaac to Sarah and Abraham.
If there is any part of your life where you have lost hope
trust that God has his plan still to come.

God has the last words of blessing.
He alone gives life.