We’re called to a name change. We’re all familiar with the incident in the Bible where God changes the name of Abram to Abraham. The change seems so small that often times it isn’t even picked up by those reading that text. What’s the difference between Abram and Abraham?
The name Abram, meaning “Exalted Father”, is given to the great patriarch to whom God made the promise that one day he would be the father of all the descendants of the nation of Judaism. But later, when God promises this same man that he is to be the father as well of all nations everywhere, God changes his name to Abraham: “You will no longer be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations” (Genesis 17:5).
