Jehovah-Jireh

 Jehovah Jireh

Saturday 10 July 2022

God spoke to me in a dream and said, ‘Jehovah-Jireh’. It is the redemptive name of God revealed to Abraham when his faith in God. God gave him and Sarah many promises that they would have a son even though she were past the age of childbearing. When Isaac (‘Laughter’) was born God asked Abraham (‘Father of nations’) to sacrifice his son in a designated place on a mountain. 

Abraham understood that the sacrifice God demanded was a total burned sacrifice. By faith Abraham saw Isaac rise from the ashes. He believed the God was able to do it and announced, ‘God will provide His own offering.’ With that statement Abraham prophesied John 3:16: ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.’

Isaac asked his father where the offering was, Abraham stated prophetically, ‘God will provide!’ Isaac was willing to be sacrificed for he also believed God was able to raise him from the ashes. Abraham bound Isaac to the altar and raised the sacrificial knife to kill his only son. All the promises God gave Abraham was bound up in his son. He was willing to sacrifice all the promises God made to him. What a moment! Paul writes in Galatians that Abraham was not weak in faith but Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[c]

7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d] 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Romans 4:16-21

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. 17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”[c] He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[d] 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

Because of Abraham’s faith we are included in the same promise of God.

7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[d] 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Abraham believed God would provide. He pronounced his faith and shared it with his son who also believed the promise. Jehovah-Jireh is God’s name. He cannot fail to provide because He is known by that name. ‘Provider’ explains who God is. He will live up to His name. God provided for all who believe in Him in both the Old and the New Testaments. He can provide for you and me if we believe in Him. He cannot fail.

He provided for Isaac throughout his life and to his sons Jacob and Esau. Jacob taught his twelve sons to trust in God’s provision and to serve God with their tithes as Abraham taught them. God will do the same for all who believe and trust in Him. This is the word of the Lord to you today: ‘God will provide!’ Receive it, believe it, and confess it.

‘I am Ebenezer’

In 1992 God spoke to me in my bedroom in 14 Quest Avenue, Milnerton at about 10 am in the morning. I heard God’s voice say, ‘I am Ebenezer.’ God has proven that name to us as a family and to all those who are with us that He is Ebenezer, meaning, ‘up till now I have helped you.’ He has helped us and guided us for thirty-one years, and even before that! He will continue to be Ebenezer because his name is Ebenezer!

God’s Provision & Supply

On Saturday night He revealed His name, Jehovah-Jireh, the great Provider’ to me in a dream. His provision comes through Christ Jesus. He provided salvation to all who believe in His Son, Jesus Christ. He is our heavenly Father that provides our daily bread. In Philippians 4:19 the Philippian Church gave an offering to Apostle Paul to help him with his missionary work. Paul pronounced a blessing over them, ‘my God shall supply all your needs in Christ Jesus.’ Paul told them because you were willing to contribute towards my needs as an apostle, my God will also supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. The members of the body of Christ help each other to fulfil the Great Commission to go into all the world to preach the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations.

The word ‘supply’ means to make available for use, to donate, to bestow, to give, to grant and to contribute. In other words, supply means to make something needed available for use. If you are prepared to contribute to the work of God, God shall supply your needs through Christ Jesus. He will find a way to meet your needs and make available what is required. There is no other God that can do it! He is the only true God! His promises are true, yes and amen!

Whatever you are facing, God can help you through life. It may look impossible now, but God can do it. Confess His name and say, ‘You are Jehovah-Jireh, my great provider!’ Trust Him who is invisible and make sure you testify about His provision to encourage others to believe in Him. As you and I continue to work together in the world mission, ‘In Other Lands Missionary Society’ we will experience the reality of Jehovah-Jireh, our Provider, and give Him all the glory.