Jehovah-Jireh

Abraham brought his only son Isaac to the mountains region of Moriah where Jerusalem sits today, so he could obey God's command to sacrifice his beloved son who was promised to him by God.  He trusted God's promise that Isaac would be the beginning of generations of Abraham's descendants in spite of being told to kill Isaac.

Isaac noticed that as they walked up the mountain that they didn't have a lamb for the sacrifice.  Abraham told him, "My son, Jehovah-Jireh (God will provide) for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." Genesis 22:8a

When they reached the top and Isaac was laid upon the wood to be sacrificed, an angel stopped him from plunging the knife into Isaac.  It was then that a ram was seen caught in a thicket and they sacrificed the ram which God provided to Abraham.  Abraham named that place, "Jehovah-Jireh" which means "The LORD will provide"

About 1600 years later on the mountains of Moriah, God provided another lamb to be sacrificed.  Jesus Christ was crucified there for the sins of the world.  Again Jehovah-Jirah provided a lamb.

Just as God provided to Abraham so that he could fulfill what God desired of him, God provides to us so that we can obey Him.  When God asks us to do something we think impossible, we are probably right.  We can not fulfill God's desires for us in the flesh but when we trust God to provide, all things are possible.

God is trustworthy.  He will never call upon us to minister without providing all that we need to fulfill His desires.  Always trust Jehovah-Jirah.

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