Heavenly Gifts for Daily Needs, Genesis 22:13, Lord Who Provides | Debbie Taylor Williams

“I need this. I need that.” Sometimes our human nature screams for what we want. We want a heavenly genie to give us what we want. We may be frustrated because God isn’t dropping from heaven what we envision to be a perfect life. What do we do when Jehovah Jireh, “The LORD will Provide,” doesn’t appear to provide exactly as we want? First, it’s important that we understand the context of Genesis 22:13 when God’s name, “The LORD Will Provide,” is introduced. The scene was when God told Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, as a test of his obedience. Abraham walked in faith, assuring Isaac that God would provide a sacrifice. The Hebrew name “Jehovah Jireh” means “the LORD will see to it.” In other words, Abraham believed that God would see to providing a substitute sacrifice in place of Isaac. It foreshadowed God seeing to our salvation by providing Jesus as a sacrifice for us. But it’s important to realize that God has seen to even more. He has seen to provide us with abundant life by providing the Holy Spirit as a substitute for our fallen spirit. Have you ever thought about that? God has seen to our daily questions about how to do life by providing Biblical instruction as a substitute to cultural trends on marriage, sex, money, parenting, envy, anger, and more. Yes, God has seen to our eternal and daily needs by providing Jesus, the Bible, and Holy Spirit. The question isn’t if there is a heavenly God who hears and answers our prayers. The question is if we are walking in faith as Abraham, according to God’s instructions? Are we? If not, begin today. Available resources to assist you:

Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion book with questions for individual study or group discussion.

Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion free teaching session videos on YouTube.

How to Live by the Divine Nature daily devotional Bible Study for individual or group use.

UpLIFT Minute podcast is free on Podbean or ITunes. Put your camera up to the following QR Code to open and listen to UpLIFT Minute.

Heavenly Father, we praise You, Jehovah Jireh. You are the LORD WHO PROVIDES for our eternity and daily life. Help us not foolishly ignore the Spirit’s presence and Biblical truth but rather walk by both.