WHAT’S IN A NAME? Part 2: Jehovah – Jirah

Psalms 9:10 NIV
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Genesis 22:2 NIV
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.”

When there is a disconnect between what God promised and what we’re experiencing right now.

Genesis 22:3 NIV
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.

Genesis 22:11-12 NIV
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.”

Genesis 22:12 NIV
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.”

Genesis 22:13 NIV
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.

Genesis 22:14 NIV
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.”

God sees us and provides for us in ways we could never imagine.

God’s provision isn’t limited by our perception.

Understanding God as Jehovah Jirah changes everything because it changes how you see your problems.

Romans 8:28 NIV
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

When we trust God as our Provider, it frees us up emotionally and practically.

Philippians 4:19 NIV
19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 6:28 NIV
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.

Matthew 6:28-30 NIV
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

God’s provision isn’t limited by our perception.

Matthew 6:28-30 NIV
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

Jehovah-Jirah