God of the everlasting covenant -
You appeared to a 99-year-old Abram and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me.”
You chose the unlikeliest of people to become the ancestor of a multitude of nations. Abram fell on his face after You burst into his life to establish a covenant with him - a covenant promised to him and to generations of unborn offspring.
Your presence and promise changed Abram’s and Sarai’s essence, so You re-named them - Abram to Abraham and Sarai to Sarah.
May we walk before You, God Almighty. May we fall on our faces with awe and hope at the realization that You move and act in the unlikeliest of ways. May we live into the blessings of being created anew as You name us and claim us.
In the name of the One who bursts into our lives and never leaves us the same, we pray.
Amen.