Ryan Daffron

“I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.” — Genesis 17:1

SOUNDING

Abram is ninety-nine when God speaks again. Decades have passed since the promise. Every natural window feels closed. Biology, timing, and logic all say the same thing: this should already be over. And that is when God reintroduces Himself not as a helper or encourager, but as God Almighty. El Shaddai. The One who is enough when everything else has reached its limit. God does not explain the delay. He reveals His name.

“Walk before me” is not a call to flawlessness. It is a call to visibility. No hiding. No managing the image. No pretending strength you do not have. God is not asking Abram to perform righteousness. He is asking Abram to live honestly in God’s presence. To let his whole life stay open before the God who already sees it all.

Some promises take time, not because God is slow, but because people are still being formed. God often works on the person long before He delivers the outcome. The waiting is not wasted. It is shaping a kind of dependence that could never have been built if everything had happened quickly. El Shaddai is not just powerful enough to fulfill the promise. He is present enough to carry Abram while he becomes the kind of man who can live inside it.

BEARING

God’s power meets you most deeply when you stop performing and start walking honestly in His presence.

PRAYER

Lord, help me walk openly before You without pretending or hiding.

DROP IN

Name one area where you have been relying only on yourself and place it in God’s hands today.