God Attribute, 74

~ Needs Provider ~

 

This Series  ~  This series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God.  Generally, we move in alphabetical order.

 

Introduction  ~  JEHOVAH-JIREH is the name of the Lord which tells us He will provide our needs.

 

Scripture  ~ The prime example of this attribute of God is found in Genesis 22.

 

“Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, ‘My father!’

 

“And he said, ‘Here I am, my son.’

 

“Then he said, ‘Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?’

 

“And Abraham said, ‘My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.’ So the two of them went together” (Genesis 22:6-8).

 

Comment  ~  This passage points forward to the ultimate provision of God for humans which came on the Cross of Calvary.

 

Jesus said, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:16-18 nasu)

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

 

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