Enjoy Him As Jehovah-Jireh Series

God had a special beautiful horse ranch waiting for him and He supernaturally healed a horse that was special to me. All this so I could set my focus on His calling for me, the proclaiming of God’s Word for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God.

Even now I am enjoying the Lord’s provision, enablement and equipping for the preaching and teaching of God’s Word. The Lord has given me a ministry of preaching, publishing and teaching God’s Word. He has provided ministry that continues to grow, equipping others to preach and teach God’s Word. The Lord has proved Himself as Jehovah-jire to me, because I chose to believe the Lord’s call upon my life.

What testing is God setting before you? What are you to lay on the altar so you may enjoy the Lord as Jehovah-jireh in your life and in the ministry He has called you to?

Christians have the written Word of God for getting revelation of God’s will for them. They need only to believe what the Bible says and express a life of true belief to enjoy God as Jehovah-jireh as Abraham did.

Transitional Sentence: After believing the promises found in God’s Word and choosing to walk in obedience in their present testing, Christians can grasp the meaning of Jehovah-jireh. The King James Bible says, “And Abraham called the name of the place Jehovah-jireh...” (Genesis 22:14 KJ) After Abraham was found faithful in the test, he enjoyed God’s provision for the sacrifice to be made on the altar as a replacement of Isaac.

In this powerful teaching of God’s provision in practical and eternal ways we read of Isaac asking a question, “…Father… the fire and wood are here [for the making of a sacrifice] but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” (Genesis 22:7) “Abraham answered, ‘God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son…’” (Genesis 22:8) Abraham’s words to his son should not be understood as merely an attempt to calm Isaac’s concern, but understood in the light of the fact that Abraham was truly expressing a sure confidence that God would provide – Abraham was expressing a genuine trust in God. (The Expositors Bible Commentary) Abraham had been through many test and trials, he had tasted that the Lord is good and had enjoyed God’s revelation of Himself many times.

In order for you to be able to express a life that says, “My Lord is Jehovah-jireh,” it is imperative that you understand the meaning of the name. Let the Holy Spirit of Christ reveal to you the truths of the Name of God expressed in Jehovah-jireh.

In Genesis 22:14 we read of Abraham giving the place a new name in the honor of God, a name for the encouragement of all Christians to the end of all time, a name which would enable them to walk in cheerful obedience to the Lord’s call upon their lives. When fully understood this new name is spoken in praise to God because He has magnified Himself as the only provider of that which is good for the people of God. (Matthew Henry Commentary)

The names of God are His self-identifications expressing various aspects of His being. (Tyndale Bible Dictionary) In the Scriptures the name and person of God are inseparably related. In the Hebrew language, the term for “name” most probably meant “sign” or “distinctive mark.” In the Greek language, “name” (onoma) is derived from a verb that means “to know.” Therefore, a name from a Biblical perspective is given to a person or place so others may know how that person or place is to be known. “Name” in Biblical usage correctly describes the person, place or object and indicates the essential character of that which the name is given.