Your name will no longer be
Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I will make you the father of many
nations . . . God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are
no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. Genesis 17:5, 15
So
often we become God’s children, long before we allow Him to breathe life into
our lives. Our hearts belong to him, but we often resist the changes He wants
to make in us.
I
think the same thing was true of Abraham and Sarah. They followed God for quite
a while before they actually let Him make the changes He wanted. It this
instance in the Bible is when He made those changes.
These
name changes were very significant. God added an H to both their names. If you
say the sound that an H makes, it’s an exhalation of breath. I think this was
when they allowed God to breathe life into them.
How
would your life change, if you allowed God to breath life into your current circumstances? Definitely something to ponder.
