Day 2 Devotion: Jehovah Jireh

Helloaaa beautiful and handsome children of God! Here're my thoughts on today's devotion material.

Firstly, what really struck me was the origins of the name "Jehovah Jireh" and especially of the "provision". Okay so we all know that God can provide for our needs but how much do we really trust that He will? It is interesting to note that God does not JUST provide for us (as we like to carelessly say)but that He provides PERFECTLY because He knows before us and before time EXACTLY what we need and has promised to provide for our needs.

Can we trust God to keep His promises of provision? Well, I think the bible has many mind-blowing examples of God's faithfulness to His people. Take today's bible reading for example. We know that Isaac was a treasured child of Abraham, but why exactly? If you read the chapters before chapter 22 and follow the story of Abraham, you will realise that Isaac was such a precious son to Abraham because he had to wait 25 long years for Isaac to be born. Yes, 25 years! That is a very long time of waiting. But yet, God was faithful in keeping His promise of PROVIDING Abraham and Sarah with a son.

There are many other examples of God fulfilling His promises throughout the bible, such as the story of Moses in the book of Exodus, etc. And of course the greatest promise fulfilled, was God providing Jesus to die for us which He promised in Genesis. That means that God saw our need for salvation way beforehand and made a promise to send Jesus (you can read this in the books of Genesis, Isaiah, Micah, Matthew, Luke) down approximately 400 years before He fulfilled it. 400 years! WOW. So don't lose faith yeah! If God has promised you something and you have been waiting ages for it to come true, then keep waiting! Because we know that God provides in His time, no matter how long He takes. (dont worry im sure it wont take 400 years!)

So now that we know God knows our needs better than we ourselves do and will provide for us, shouldn't we have faith like Abraham and believe that God will always keep His promises of provision? The Lord loves us so unfathomably and He will always want the best for us. (If He didn't, He wouldn't even have bothered sending Jesus to die for us while we were YET sinners.) So let's make it our prayer today to have absolute faith in our Lord and His ability to provide for us!

After all, "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!" (Luke 12:27-29, NIV)

Besides praying for faith, let us also learn to provide for the needs of others just as the Lord has provided and will continue providing for us. We are all blessed to be a blessing, so let's start acting out our faith today! :D

Have a great week ahead everyone!!!


By 7-Eleven/ Christabel