Genesis 17:1-8, CEB - When Abram was 99 years old,
the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Walk with me and be trustworthy. I will make a covenant between us and I will
give you many, many descendants.” Abram fell on his face, and God said to him, “But me, my covenant is with you; you will be
the ancestor of many nations. And
because I have made you the ancestor of many nations, your name will no longer
be Abram but Abraham. I will make you
very fertile. I will produce nations from you, and kings will come from you. I will set up my covenant with you and your
descendants after you in every generation as an enduring covenant. I will be
your God and your descendants’ God after you. I will give you and your descendants the land
in which you are immigrants, the whole land of Canaan, as an enduring
possession. And I will be their God.”
When
you make a covenant with God, it changes who are. You begin living not just for yourself, but
for God and the people God has called you to serve. And make no mistake; you ARE called to serve God and you ARE
called to serve specific people. My
simple message today is that you consider how you are different (if indeed, you
are different) because God called you to serve.
Do you know clearly what specific people God wants you to serve? If not, pray for God to give you clarity about
that.
Abram’s
name changed because God invited him into covenant. Abram means “father of many” whereas Abraham
means “father of many nations.”
Questions: What is
your covenant with God and how has it changed the trajectory of your life?
Reading Further: Genesis 17-21
Prayer: God, help us
understand more fully what it means to be in covenant with You. Put on our hearts the specific people You have
called us to serve. Amen.
Prayer Focus: Pray
for Annual Conferences throughout Methodism who are meeting throughout
Methodism in the month of June.
Song: El Shaddai –
Amy Grant
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