Jehovah Jireh, God Our ProviderSample

“What does God want from me?”

Have you ever asked yourself that question?

If I was Abraham, climbing Mt. Moriah with Isaac that day described in Genesis 22, I might have thought, “Why would God do this to me? Why would He give me a son, only to have me sacrifice him? What does God want from me?”

As we have seen so far, God’s name is Jehovah Jireh, our Provider. Today, I want to make an important point. God will provide what He requires of us, as long as we obey Him by faith.

I want to say that again. God will provide what He requires of us, as long as we obey Him by faith.

In other words, as I have learned in my entire Christian life and from my beloved pastor, “where God guides, God provides.”

In this case, God demanded that Abraham provide a sacrifice on Mt. Moriah. Initially, that sacrifice was Isaac, but when God saw that Abraham was obedient, even to the point of sacrificing his only beloved son, God provided a ram instead for the sacrifice. In other words, God provided what He required of Abraham, having seen that Abraham obeyed God by faith.

There are countless examples of this phenomenon in scripture. As we see in Genesis 50, when God planned for the children of Israel to go down into Egypt, He sent Joseph ahead of them to provide for His people and protect them during the famine. Despite the evil Joseph endured, Jehovah Jireh was at work, providing protection both for the Egyptians and the Hebrews during the famine.

Hundreds of years later, Israel was to come out of Egypt, so He sent Moses ahead of His people to provide a way out of Egypt. Moses may not have felt like a capable orator to stand before Pharoah, but Jehovah Jireh provided Moses with Aaron to help.

In 1 Chronicles 29:14-16, we see that when God required the building of the temple, He also provided the means to build it.

In every situation, we see that God provided what He required of His people, as they obeyed Him by faith. That is the guiding principle behind the great promise in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

What is God calling you to do? How is He leading you? Are you trusting Jehovah Jireh to provide for your every need along the way?