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Jack Hayford
“No longer shall your name be called Abram,
but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.” - Genesis
17:5
The Bible throughout its pages
teaches us the importance of the words we speak.
In this text God changes
Abram’s name to Abraham and promises Abraham that he will become the father of
many nations.
“Abram” means “High Father” or
“Patriarch.”
“Abraham” means “Father of a
Multitude.”
Thus, God was arranging that
every time Abraham heard or spoke his own name, he would be reminded of God’s
promise.
By the change of his name, God
was promising to Abraham that the focus of his life was not to be on himself or
on his position, not even on what God would make him to be.
Now the goal of Abraham’s life
was to be how God would use him to touch countless others with the life and
blessing of God.
The principle is clear: Let
God’s words, which designate His will and promise for your life, become as
fixed in your mind and as governing of your speech as God’s changing the name
of Abraham was in shaping his concept of himself.
Do not “name” yourself
anything less than God does!
Scripture Reference: Genesis 17:5
Jack
Hayford serves as Chancellor of The
Kings University (formerly The King’s College and Seminary) in Los Angeles and
Dallas, which he founded in 1997. From 2004 to 2009, he also served as
President of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He is probably
best known, however, as “Pastor Jack,” founding pastor of The Church On The Way
in Van Nuys, California, where he served as senior pastor for more than three
decades. A prolific and best-selling writer, Pastor Hayford is the author (or
co-author) of more than fifty books and has composed 500 hymns and choruses,
including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.”
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