Jehovah-jireh is our first view into compounding a word (jireh) that describes God’s character with “Jehovah” to see additional insight to the essence of God’s being. The word “jireh” in the Old Testament literally means “to see”. Jehovah-jireh sees and because He sees He provides, an example of this is in the account of Abraham and Isaac. (Gen. 22: 1-19)...
Abraham was going to offer his only son that he loved dearly because God told him to. However, when he was about to sacrifice Isaac, God sent a ram to be offered in Isaac’s place. All of this took place on a mountain in the land of Moriah (also known as Mt. Moriah, Mt. Zion or the temple mount). You may wonder, “what is so important about this piece of land?”…well it is probably one of the most sought after pieces of land. In 966-959 B.C. Solomon built the Temple there (2Chronicles 3:1), it is also where the temple was rebuilt in 516 B.C. (Ezra 5:15), additionally it is where the temple will be rebuilt in the future and the exact location of where Jesus will step back onto this Earth when He comes again (Rev. 14:1). However since 691 Mt. Moriah has been occupied by the Muslims shrine known as the Dome of the Rock.
Here is a video to help us visualize what the scenario with Abraham and Isaac could have been like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvsm3dQGLmc
God sees, He foresees, He is all-knowing, He’s ever-present and eternal - He sees from the beginning to the end and that is why Jehovah-jireh provided a savior in Jesus for us. The picture shown with Abraham and Isaac is a depiction of what God did for us in Jesus. In addition to our salvation, He sees and provides for our daily needs.
Jehovah-jireh reaches beyond Himself and desires to meet the needs of those He created because it is part of His character to do so and as we take on His character we too will reach out beyond ourselves to meet the needs of others. Let us pray for opportunities to meet the needs of others and praise our Jehovah-jireh as He provides for our needs.
In His Love,
Ellen
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