Monday, May 11, 2015
Our God Provides
Today I was looking into the scriptures and was reminded of the story of Abraham offering up his son. At the last moment, our Father provided a ram for a sacrifice instead. Today, we live this out at the moment we become believers. I would suggest we live it out every day after that as well. Our God, Yahuah (Lord), has provided the sacrifice of His Son, Yeshua (Jesus) as that replacement for us. We deserve death, yet we have life. It is because of the work of our Father through the death and resurrection of His ultimate Passover Lamb, Yeshua (Jesus). We are passed over when we deserve death and evil. We have a substitute.
Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
All nations are blessed because of the faith of Abraham.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are worthy of all praise. We praise the name Yahuah (Lord)! Send now Your abundant provision. Let it be such provision that we cannot contain it, and that it overflows. Forgive us our sins. Help us to find our way to Your paths. Turn again to us. heal us. Deliver us from temptations. Deliver us from evil that would take from us what You have provided. Crush the evil and drive it back. Deliver us with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. In Yeshua’s (Jesus) name. Amen.