A WONDER AT JEHOVAH JIREH (PART 1) (DEUT 24:19-22, PROV. 12:11, PROV.6:1, PSALM 23)

Our God has a lot of names and a lot attributes. Apart from GOD, he is called LORD or (a merger of the two with a title)- 'LORD GOD ALMIGHTY'. Another name is YAHWEH but he is also called JEHOVAH.

Even in JEHOVAH, he has a lot of attributes to it. Let me concentrate on JEHOVAH JIREH today. Jehovah Jireh means God, our provider, our all sufficiency, the one who pours out his nourishment on his children meeting their needs.

As Christians, we hold such names& attributes in high esteem.  We believe in them absolutely. Our only problem is that sometimes we wonder why our God, I mean the same Jehovah Jireh doesn’t provide:

·         When it is so clear and he knows we need it

·         Why most times we have to struggle for a long time to get it

·         Why other times some of his provisions are not what was needed/seemed irrelevant. (Of course later get to understand  it and give him glory)

Therefore, it’s never in doubt that our God provides for us all the time. Dwelling on the question title today, it makes me wonder 'How'… How does our God do this? 

·       You hear true life stories of destitutes, people who live next to nothing yet you see they and their large family and you wonder if it was…(in fact, you know you can’t )

·       You know of friends who have not been working for years, acute financial distress and high dependency ratio and you wonder if i were...(Actually, you agree you  can’t )

·       You watch the lives of the poor ones whose parents are no more, ejected from the family house, property seized and the street now their best haven and you wonder if… (Stop,  you just said it I can’t)

Beloved, I can give you countless examples because we hear different stories everytime. Our wonder has always been what keeps those people going?..That large family, financial difficulties,little ones, being homeless, no source of livelihood et al...How are they able to survive every 24 hours of the year.

Isn't it a wonder?...especially when we see them or such people moving about and going about their normal duties?
Then, the question if we were in that position? The truth is that mostly we are not that ‘content’ with what we have. So, with the above circumstances, we would die seconds before they reach us.

NOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT DEEPLY AND WE SEE HOW IT ALL TURN AROUND, WE WILL SAY THE BELOW:

All these make him GOD, JEHOVAH, the JEHOVAH JIREH. In brief, we can only do this- 'WONDER AT HIM- JEHOVAH JIREH.

 

Let’s go Matthew 6: 25-26“THEREFORE, I TELL YOU, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WHAT YOU WILL EAT OR DRINK, OR ABOUT YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL WEAR. IS NOT LIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOOD AND THE BODY MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOOD AND THE BODY MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLOTHES?

LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, THEY DO NOT SOW OR REAP OR STORE AWAY IN BARNS AND YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. ARE YOU NOT MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN THEY?”

Let's open up more in Part 2.

SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY:

‘A WONDER AT JEHOVAH JIREH’