Yahweh Yireh
Providence: God provides.This is a key attribute of God and, in the OT, is one of the titles that is given to God: "Yahweh Yireh" (Many are more familiar with the phrase "Jehovah Jireh" which is how many people used to pronounce the Hebrew.)
Abraham assured Isaac that God would provide a Lamb.
Interestingly enough - it was a ram that was provided on that day.
But John the Baptist on seeing Jesus at the start of his public ministry said: "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
God provides.
He gives us our daily bread.
He gives us our opportunities.
He gives us breath in our lungs and vitality in our bones.
He gives the people who sustain us and opens and closes doors for us.
And most of all: He gave His one and only Son...
Today we recognise that God provides!
| 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 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." (Genesis22:6-14) |
