Tag: #JehovahJireh

The Lord Will Provide

The Lord Will See To It

Greetings, Precious Family. May the Peace of the Lord be with you always.

Family, thank you for walking with me on this journey of exploring a few of the names that God was called in the Bible, especially the Old Testament.

If you have been with us since the beginning of the series then you have been following the last couple of days of the two part series on El Roi (The God Who Sees Me). The two part devotional showed the power of waiting and trusting in the Lord and what can happen if you don’t.

I want to say that tonight’s devotional is a testament to Abraham seeing everything that happened between Hagar and Sarai (soon to be Sarah) and his decision to make a better choice, when it was his turn to wait and trust the Lord’s timing.

In all truth, Abraham loved the Lord long before the Sarah and Hagar drama. His life was a testimony of a man who desired to follow God, even though, like all of us, he had moments where waiting on God’s promise was difficult. But Abraham’s journey reminds us that faith is not the absence of mistakes; it is the willingness to keep walking with God and grow from them.

Family, if you were in Abraham’s position what would you have done?

Do you think he told Sarah what the Lord told him to do?

Do you think Sarah would have let him go?

Genesis 22
New International Version

Abraham Tested

22 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

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.”

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. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 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.”

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 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.”

Family, after witnessing the pain caused by taking matters into their own hands, Abraham faced a moment where he had to decide if he truly believed the God who made the promise was also the God who could fulfill it.

Let Us Pray

Loving Abba,

We come before You with grateful hearts, remembering that You are the God who sees us. You see every waiting season, every unanswered question, every promise we are holding onto, and every moment when we are tempted to take control instead of trusting You.

Lord, we thank You for showing us through Abraham’s life that faith is not built in moments where everything is easy, but in the moments where we must surrender what we cannot understand. You saw Abraham’s journey. You saw his mistakes, his growth, his obedience, and his desire to follow You.

Father, forgive us for the times when we have tried to make happen what You asked us to trust You for. Forgive us for the moments when impatience caused us to move ahead of Your timing. Teach us that the God who makes the promise is also the God who has the power to fulfill it.

Lord, help us remember Hagar’s story and Abraham’s story together. Remind us that You see the broken places, You see the wilderness seasons, and You see the mountains where our faith is tested. You are not absent in any part of our journey.

Give us the faith of Abraham, not a faith that never struggles, but a faith that keeps returning to You. A faith that trusts You when we cannot see the outcome. A faith that believes Your provision will meet us exactly where You lead us.

Father, teach us to release our timelines, our fears, and our need to understand everything. Help us to rest in the truth that Your eyes are always upon us and Your plans are always greater than our own.

You are El Roi, The God who sees me. You are also Jehovah Jireh, The God who provides. You are the God who keeps every promise. We surrender our hearts to You tonight and choose to trust Your perfect will.

In the mighty and precious name of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer and Lord. Amen, Amen, and Amen.

Worship Video of the Day

Rev. Marcia Davis, BA, MA

Covington, GA (USA)