El Shaddai,
God Almighty
You appeared to Abram
not with thunder,
but with invitation.
You called him into a covenant deeper than promise
a relationship shaped by surrender,
by reverence,
by trust.
“Walk before Me, and be blameless.”
Not perfect.
But wholehearted.
Not sinless.
But set apart.
Lord, I hear that same call.
And I tremble.
You are Almighty
I am dust.
You are eternal
I am aging, aching, unsure.
Yet You invite me to walk with You.
Not run ahead.
Not fall behind.
But walk
daily, faithfully, face to face.
You changed his name.
From Abram exalted father
to Abraham father of many.
Not just a name,
but a calling.
Not just a title,
but an identity only You could fulfill.
Lord, rename me.
Call me what You see,
not what I fear.
Call me faithful when I feel faltering.
Call me beloved when I feel broken.
Call me chosen when I feel cast aside.
And Sarai too
You renamed her Sarah,
a princess,
a mother of nations.
You dignified her waiting,
restored her place,
and bound her name to the promise.
Lord, restore every woman
who feels forgotten in the delay.
And every man
who wonders if he still matters to the mission.
You established circumcision
a mark on the body
to reflect a change of heart.
A sign of covenant that cost something.
A cutting away
to make room for belonging.
Lord, mark me.
Set me apart.
Cut away what doesn’t belong
the pride, the doubt, the self reliance.
Let the evidence of Your covenant
be visible in how I live,
how I love,
how I obey.
Abraham laughed
not out of joy,
but disbelief.
Could a hundred year old man
become a father?
Could a barren woman still nurse a child?
Yes, Lord.
Because nothing is too hard for You.
I confess
I’ve laughed too.
Not always from faith.
Sometimes from fear.
Sometimes from exhaustion.
But You didn’t withdraw.
You didn’t cancel the promise.
You simply repeated it
with clarity, with compassion, with certainty.
You are not the God of vague hope.
You are the God of covenant clarity.
The God who makes barren wombs burst with life.
The God who brings new names from old stories.
The God who keeps promises across generations.
So I rise today
with a new name on my heart,
a new walk in my step,
a new surrender in my spirit.
I will walk before You.
I will trust You to be Almighty
even when I feel small.
I will rest in the name You've spoken over me,
and I will wait
marked by covenant,
anchored in grace.
In the name of Jesus,
the true Seed of Abraham,
whose blood is the sign of a better covenant
Amen.