Jehovah Will Provide

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Dec 9, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 47.

Jehovah Will Provide

JEHOVAH is the name of the great, loving, and awful God, the only self-existent God. "I AM" is his name. Countless æons ago he was I AM, he is now I AM, he will be I AM still throughout all eternity to come. It is a name which naturally suggests awe, fear, or terror, but God has connected it with other words which show that his character is also one of love, and pity, and compassion. The I AM is a sort of blank pledge with the amount to be filled out by the faith of the one asking and receiving. Gen. 22:14 is a good instance of this. Abraham had journeyed in sorrow to Moriah, expecting to offer up his beloved son; but just as the weapon of death was about to descend, the angel of Jehovah stays the father’s hand, and the son is saved. Turning to the thicket, Abraham espies a ram caught by the horns. Abraham had before said, "God will provide himself a lamb," and now the aged patriarch names the place "Jehovah-jireh"—"God will provide." It was to ever be a reminder of God’s providence. It was the language of faith—it was God’s answer to faith. It is given for our learning, that we might have hope in trusting God. Whatever God commands he will give grace to perform. It is not for us to question what results will be—God will provide. If we do our part, if we trust him fully, he will provide all necessary temporal blessings, all cleansing from sin, all strength for the conflict, and the eternal home at last. The Lord will provide.