Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 17: 15-16
MEDITATION
Genesis 17:15-16
15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
16 And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. A name change
a. Sarai and Sarah are essentially the same in meaning though not in spelling.
b. The root word was the same for both names and both mean “princess”.
c. What was the essential difference?
i. Sarai was the name given by her parents before she and Abraham left Ur for Canaan.
ii. Sarah was the name that God gave her.
iii. The significance was to be found in the fact that God Himself gave the name (not in the spelling of the word..
2. The blessing that God promised
a. The LORD would bless her.
b. She would bear a son to Abraham.
c. The extent of her blessing:
i. She shall be the mother of nations.
ii. Some of her offspring would become kings.
3. The blessing God gave to Abraham
a. This blessing was similar to that given to Sarah.
b. Sarah in her own rights would be just as blessed as Abraham.
c. They were joint-heirs of blessing.
This was a blessing that came from the abundant mercy of the LORD God!
经文：创世记 17：15-16
沉思
《创世记 17：15-16》
15神又对亚伯拉罕说：“你的妻子撒莱，不可再叫撒莱，她的名要叫撒拉。16我必赐福给她，也要使你从她得一个儿子。我要赐福给她，她也要做多国之母，必有百姓的君王从她而出。”