Jehovah Jireh (or Yahweh Yireh in the Hebrew) means the Lord will see to it, or, the Lord our Provider. This is one of the Divine names of God given to us in the Old Testament and it is useful at showing us more about God and the Lord’s character (who He is).
Jesus Christ and the Word of God, the Bible, give us a revelation or revealing as to Who God truly is. When God asked Abraham to make the sacrifice of Abraham’s son Isaac (don’t worry, he didn’t have to do it), the Angel of the Lord appeared to Abraham and let him off the hook, because although a sacrifice was needed, Abraham knew that God was going to provide that sacrifice (Gen. 22:8).
Gen. 22:8 “Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together. “
This lamb that God provided was the burnt offering of His Son Jesus Christ on the very same mountain almost 1500 years later. Jesus is the Lamb of God, and God truly did provide for us a sacrifice, just as Abraham knew. Because of His death, He takes our place just as the lamb took Isaac’s place at the time. He is our sacrificial Lamb. The righteous for the unrighteous. The godly for the ungodly. (1 Pet. 3:18)
How else is God our Provider? Well, He provides for us on a daily basis. Just as He fed the Children of Israel in the Wilderness for the forty years with the manna from Heaven, so does He feed us each and every day with our physical and spiritual food. Jesus is the manna from Heaven that God feeds us with each and every day, in addition to His Word and the food that is on our table each and every day. He is the bread that sustains us and keeps us alive, spiritually and mentally, and the natural food keeps us alive physically. It’s great to serve such an awesome God! Jehovah Jireh, the Lord our Provider! God bless!
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”– Phil. 4:19
God has certainly proven himself to be a provider in my life.