My favorite name of the Lord in the entire Bible is Jehovah Jireh, the Lord will provide. It is only used once in the entire Bible, but it holds such power! Jehovah Jireh is taken from the name of Jehovah, which means "to exist" or "to become known," suggesting that God is a God who reveals himself unceasingly. Jehovah Jireh, however, means "the Lord has seen." So together, Jehovah Jireh is a God who sees your every need, and by providing for them He is constantly revealing a little more of himself to us.
How true that is. I have a banner that I made some time ago that hangs over my bed to remind me of this. It lists all of the things that I know the Lord provides for me. The list ins extensive - food, clothing, a loving family, wonderful friends, a safe home, a future....every time I look at it I am reminded of just how loved and cared for I really am. But what I love so much about Jehovah Jireh, however, is that He doesn't just provide for our physical needs. He provides for our spiritual needs, as well.
God is a very big God. But the God of infinity cares about our lives to the infinitesimally small degree. And He will provide for us. Whether we know what we need or not, He does, and He's dying to provide for us. All we have to do is ask. What an amazing name to rely upon :).
“Here I am,” he replied.
2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
How true that is. I have a banner that I made some time ago that hangs over my bed to remind me of this. It lists all of the things that I know the Lord provides for me. The list ins extensive - food, clothing, a loving family, wonderful friends, a safe home, a future....every time I look at it I am reminded of just how loved and cared for I really am. But what I love so much about Jehovah Jireh, however, is that He doesn't just provide for our physical needs. He provides for our spiritual needs, as well.
God is a very big God. But the God of infinity cares about our lives to the infinitesimally small degree. And He will provide for us. Whether we know what we need or not, He does, and He's dying to provide for us. All we have to do is ask. What an amazing name to rely upon :).
Genesis 22:1-14
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
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