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“The Lord Will Provide”

This is one of the most important lessons and difficult lessons that God wants us to learn.

The lesson that Abraham learned when God called him to sacrifice his son was that God will provide. On the way there, Isaac asked his father, “The fire and wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” (Genesis 22:7) For a sacrifice, three things were required: wood, a fire, and a lamb. All these were usually carried with them, because they were not readily available.

Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” (v. 8). God did indeed provide the lamb, and the faithfulness of God so stuck in Abraham’s mind that he called the place, Jehovah-jireh, meaning “The Lord Will Provide” (v.14).

Abraham’s journey to the place where God called him to sacrifice his son is a metaphor of the history of God’s faithful men and women since the fall. The journey started in sadness and confusion, but it continued in faith, that God would provide a way out—a sacrifice.

If the theme of the Old Testament is the hope that “The Lord Will Provide,” then the victorious cry of the New Testament is “The Lord Has Provided!” We are living not in the time of shadowy, unrealized hopes, but in the time of its glorious fulfillment because of the Cross and resurrection of Christ.

Truly, the Lord has provided! We have not been left alone in confusion and helplessness: Jehovah-jireh – The Lord Will Provide!

We often spend a lot of effort asking God to provide us with things, don’t we? How should the knowledge that God already has provided everything we need change our prayers and our attitude to life?

By Dr Eliezer Gonzalez