JEHOVAH JIREH – THE LORD WILL PROVIDE

Genesis 22:1-2 (NLT)

Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.” “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

Genesis 22:3-4

The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

Genesis 22:5

“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”

Genesis 22:6-7

So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together, Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”

Genesis 22:8-9

“God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together. When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

Genesis 22:10-11

And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”

Genesis 22:12-13

“Don’t lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from Me even your son, your only son.” Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:14-15

Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” Then the angel of the Lord called again to Abraham from heaven.

Genesis 22:16-17

“This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed Me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by My own Name that I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.”

Genesis 22:18-19

“And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed Me.” Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.

JEHOVAH JIREH – OUR PROVIDER

Hebrews 11:17-18

It was by faith that Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice when God was testing him. Abraham, who had received God’s promises, was ready to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, even though God had told him, “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.”

Hebrews 11:19

Abraham reasoned that if Isaac died, God was able to bring him back to life again. And in a sense, Abraham did receive his son back from the dead.

Genesis 22:14 (KJV)

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

Genesis 22:14 (NLT)

Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”).

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV)

And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Psalm 23:1

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

How do we experience Jehovah Jireh?

1. Turn to Jesus Christ as Our Savior

Genesis 22:2

Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering.”

2 Chronicles 3:1a

Now Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah.

Genesis 22:8a

And Abraham said, “My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.”

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”

2. Obey God

Genesis 22:3a

So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son.

Remember that God’s provisions are strategically located along the pathway of obedience. – SFLB

3. Commit Everything to God

Genesis 22:12b

Now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.

Everyone wants to experience Jehovah Jireh, but nobody wants to pay the price of total commitment of everything to God…including the promise He has given you!

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

A. We give Him the first of each day. (Psalm 63:1)

B. We give Him the first of each week. (Revelation 1:10)

C. We give Him the first tenth of our income. (Proverbs 3:9-10)

“In tithing, we say to God, I recognize You first. I am putting You first in my life and I trust You to take care of the rest of the things in my life.” – Robert Morris-

When we tithe on earth, it opens the windows in heaven. (Malachi 3:10)

4. Declare His Name Over Our Lives

Genesis 22:14 (KJV)

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, in the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

Psalm 22:22a

I will declare Your Name to my brethren.

Father, we declare that You are Jehovah Jireh, our Provider. We declare Your Provision and Your Abundance over our families, our finances, every business represented here, every ministry, every missionary. We declare Jehovah Jireh over Joy Church. We declare an abundance for every good work in Jesus’ Name. Amen.