In Genesis 17:4-6, God appeared to Abraham and said, “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.” God goes on to tell Abraham that this was an everlasting covenant and that the land of Canaan was an everlasting possession.

This everlasting covenant and possession was established by God through the giving of a new name, for a new name brings a new destiny. When we are born again, we are given a new name, a new identity, and a new destiny. Our identity is no longer defined by the name of our earthly parents, lineage and nationality. People, circumstances, position and possessions no longer define who we are.

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” We have to begin to see ourselves as God sees us, if we are going to be able to manifest His glory in the earth. Abram was ninety-nine years old when God gave him his new name. He had no son, no land, and no inheritance. However, when God gave him a new name, God set in motion an everlasting covenant and possession that no force on earth or demon in hell could rob from him.

1 Peter 1:23 says we have “been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” We have an everlasting covenant through the blood of Christ and an eternal possession through His resurrection. When we were born again, God gave us a new identity and set in motion in us an everlasting covenant, purpose and destiny that no person or circumstances can eradicate as we abide in Him.

Revelations 2:17 says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”‘ We live in a world that is attempting to rob us of our identity, everlasting covenant, and destiny as defined by the incorruptible word of God that lives and abides forever.

It is time to take a stand for who we are as children of God, so that His glory may be revealed through us in the earth and we come into the fullness of our destiny. “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.” (I John 3:2-3)