They can reveal a lot about our character. When
it signified that a change was about to take place
you have a Scripture-based name? Are you living
a name-change is in order?
Sarai/Sarah
Security
Sarai
Sar means chief, captain, general, lord, keeper. It comes from the word sarar which means to be or
act as a prince, to rule, a head person (of any rank or class) a captain, chief, general, governor,
keeper, lord, ruler, steward. It comes from primitive root word that means to have or exercise
dominion, to rule.
Ai is a feminine suffix, which makes any word that it is attached to become the feminine version of
that word. It is also associated to barrenness. (Gen. 11:30)
Sar is the same~nothing changed.
Ah is also a feminine suffix, and changes the meaning to lady, princess, queen, and takes away the
barrenness.
So, Sarah went from a barren leader to a leader of royalty. (Gen. 17:16)
Then God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall
be her name. I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she
shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her. (Gen. 17:15-16)
In this name change, God did not change the basis of who they were; he built upon it. Both before
the name change and after, Sarah's status in relation to Abraham did not change. Sarah did not lose
her 'royalty' status, rather she was promoted in it; she would have an heir to carry it on.
Do friends and colleagues confide in you because they trust you? Do others look up to you as a role
model? As a Sarai, do you make those around you feel safe and secure? As a Sarah, are you a
guardian and protector of your children, keeping them out of harm’s way, giving them the love and
support they need? Whether you are a Sarai, or a Sarah, the key word is security.
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