Prayer Works Morning Devotion: June 26, 2025

The Qualities Of God As Revealed In His Names

"Genesis 22:13 - Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Will Provide"

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Good morning, everyone, good morning. What a lovely, lovely morning it is indeed and let's go to the Lord in prayer.

Gracious and loving Heavenly Father, how we just adore you, how we magnify you, how we thank you that every time we pursue you and we seek you out through your word through our prayers through calling out to you.  

You always show up, you always make yourself known to us. You always provide us with a word. You always offer further revelation about your word. You help us to understand more and more who you are. 

Heavenly Father, as we run to your loan as we run to your mountain as we run to you Heavenly Father, we just thank you that you are always there with open arms. To lift us up to start us on our way to show us the way to go.  

We thank you, Heavenly Father, for your presence in our lives. We thank you for this fellowship of faith. We thank you for the Kingdom family that you are building through prayer works and through our morning devotions and through our Bible studies.  

We just thank you, Heavenly Father, because it is indeed such a privilege and such an honor to be found faithful Father in these days we just thank you, Heavenly Father, and I pray that you will be in my mouth today.  

Heavenly Father, please speak your word through me and put me aside and just let your Holy Spirit reign and speak forth Heavenly Father, I thank you once again for the privilege and honor for the to speak with my brothers and sisters on this morning devotion and I give you all praise and honor in Jesus name, Amen, Amen, Amen.  

We are continuing our study of different names of God and this morning I'm going to be looking at the name Jehovah Jireh, which means the Lord will provide. And we first hear this name as it was given by Moses, and I'm going to read the Scripture passage that speaks about this name.  

So this is in Genesis 22:1-14, Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham and said to him Abraham and he said here I am. Then he said take now your son, your only son, Isaac, who you love. 

 And go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.

So Abraham Rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac, his son, and he split the wood for the burnt offering in a rose and went to the place of which God had told him.  

Then, on the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off and Abraham said to his young men stay here with the donkey. The lad and I will go yonder and worship and we will come back to you.  

So Abraham took the word of the burnt offering and waited on Isaac, his son, and he took the fire in his hand and a knife, and the two of them went together. But Isaac spoke to Abraham and his father and said my father and he said here I am my son.  

Then, he said, look, the fire and the wood. But where is the land for a burnt offering and Abraham said my son God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering. So the two of them went together. 

Then they came to the place of which God had told him, and Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order, and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood, and Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.  

But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said Abraham, Abraham. So he said here I am and he said do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God since you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.  

When Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horn. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.  

And Abraham called the name of the place the Lord will provide, as it is said to this day in the mount of the Lord, it shall be provided. As I read this passage, a few verses really stood up, and that's verse 8. And Abraham said my son God will provide for himself the land for a burnt offering.  

So the two of them went together. And also verse 13, then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.

So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham called the name of the place the Lord will provide.  

So then as I reread these passages this morning, I heard in my spirit the words faith and provision. Throughout the Bible, from the Old Testament to the New Testament, God reveals himself as our provider.  

And we read this for example in Genesis, and the story of Creation in Exodus, when God used what Moses had in his hand, which was his staff to work signs and wonders, and also in Exodus we see how God provided manna and water in the desert for the Israelites as they journeyed through this desert of testing.  

And we're also seeing a New Testament where Jesus multiplied the five loaves and two fish to feed the multitudes. Let's take a look again at that story, we see it in John 6.

One of his disciples Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him there is a lag here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they amongst so many?  

Then Jesus said, make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place, so the men sat down in number about 5000 and Jesus took the loaves and when he had given thanks.

He distributed them to the disciples and the disciples to those sitting down, and likewise of the fish as much as they wanted.  

So when they were filled, he said to his disciples. Gather up the fragments that remain so that nothing is lost. I told you this morning that I heard the words faith and provision when reading the story of Abraham.  

So here in the story of the loaves and fishes, I hear the words give thanks before seeing the provision.

God multiplies what we offer to feed more than ourselves and we must not waste what God provides. All of these things further reveal God, our Father as provider and also our responsibilities.  

So those are be willing to give even as we're seeking God's provision. Give thanks before seeing God's provision.

God multiplies what we give to feed more than ourselves, and we must not waste what God provides. As I continue to dive deeper into the name God The Lord will provide the spirit reminded me of three of additional scriptures.  

There are more than three, so many to more than that, you know, could be covered in in this morning devotion. But these are additional scriptures that reminded me about God's provision.  

Remember the prophet Elijah and the widow, God directed a widow who had only a handful of flowers and a jar and a little olive oil and a jug to make what she expected to be a final meal for her and her son.  

But despite this, when Elijah asked the widow to make a small loaf of bread for him using just what she had left, the little she had left, that she was expecting her and her son to eat. 

Elijah came, sent by the Lord to ask her to feed him, and she did so and because of her generosity, even with the little that she had. Her jar of flour and jug of oil did not run dry.

And this also reminds me of another story about a widow whose children were going to be taken away because of money her husband owed.  

So she went to the Prophet Elisha, who was Elijah's protege. So she went to him for help, and he told her to take what she had which was only a jar of oil and go around and get jars from all her neighbors and pour the oil from her jar into all the other jars.  

And as she did so as she did so, the oil kept pouring and filling and didn't stop flowing until she ran out of jars. What a message this is for us. What this shows us indeed about God as our provider and the role that we play.  

To be willing to offer even the scraps that we have, if you're willing to offer it up in service to the Lord, or what he can do, our eyes have not seen what he can do when we have such Faith to give, even when it seems we have nothing to give.

So I'd like to read two more scriptures that provide additional revelation about God's provision.  

And this is in Matthew 7 and also in James 4. So Matthew 7 it says ask and it will be it will be given to you. Seek and you will find knock and it will be open to you for everyone who asks receives and he who seeks finds and to him, who knocks it will be open.  

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?

If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him.  

So in this passage, Jesus is telling his disciples that God our Father will give good things to us if we seek him, and if we ask him. But almost as if God knows that we in our sinful natures would misinterpret what Jesus said and think that we can ask for anything and God will provide it.  

James provides some additional clarity and direction about how to ask. So James 4, Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasures that war in your Members? 

You lust and do not have you murder and covet and cannot obtain you fight and war, yet you do not have because you do not ask you ask and do not receive Because you ask amiss that you may spend it on your pleasures.  

So here in James, we understand another aspect of God's provision. When we ask for things out of lust and covetousness, or to please ourselves, we do not receive because we ask wrongly.  

So another aspect of God's provision is understanding the role we play in that we must ask for right things and then probably the ultimate Scripture passage that illustrates God's ultimate provision is John 3:16.  

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Jesus is our greatest gift from Jehovah Jireh. As believers, we accept this gift every day when we walk in faith through Christ.  

So, to summarize a few things that resonated with me as I studied and meditated on the main the Lord will provide.

Number 1, God gave first, God gave first. 2, God gives abundantly, God gives abundantly. 3, God multiplies what we offer to him. God multiplies what we offer to him.  

4, God gives good things. God gives great thanks. 5, We play a part in seeking God's provision to ask in faith to ask for right things and to give thanks for God's provision even before we see it and two more.  

6, We can't know what to ask God for without guidance from the Holy Spirit. We just can't know. You can't know the right things to ask for without guidance from the Holy Spirit and 7, Don't waste where God has provided but don't hesitate to give it away if he asks you to do so.  

So I'm only scratching the surface here and I encourage all of us to go to the word and study for ourselves those scripture passages that reveal God's provision and how God gives. I think you'll find it.  

I know you'll find it to be a source of comfort, hope and faith building as you read these scriptures about how God gives the conditions for God's giving out the role that we play in God's provision. And most of all, as you meditate and study on God as Jehovah Jireh.  

Remember God is good, God is good. When you're saying God is good all the time and all the time, God is good. Let's remember that today. I don't know what you're in need of today.  

I don't know what you're praying for. I don't know what you may be lacking, but God knows. So just remember give thanks even before you see God moving in your life. Give thanks and know that he will give you good things and pray as you're seeking and asking.  

Pray to have a spirit that will understand how to ask for right things and have faith. Have faith even before you see it. Let’s pray. Heavenly Father, we just thank you so much for these little glimpses of who you are as we study your names.  

And we thank you, Heavenly Father, today for reminding us that you are our provider. For reminding us Heavenly Father that you will give us all good things and we ask you, Heavenly Father, that you will work in our spirits and in our hearts to understand the right things that we should ask for.  

And we thank you, Heavenly Father, that you know our needs and you respond to our needs, just as you did for the widows Heavenly Father, just as you did for the multitudes that were hungry.  

You know what we need, you know Heavenly Father what we need. So we thank you in advance Heavenly Father, even as we're waiting to see your move in our lives and our situations in the areas of our need Heavenly Father, we just give you thanks. 

Heavenly Father, because we know that you are our provider. You are our source. It is a lesson that you wanted the Israelites to learn as you led them through the desert. You wanted them to trust.  

Even when their bellies grumbled, even in the heat of the day, even when their mouths thirsted for water, you wanted them to believe Heavenly Father, that you were their provider. You wanted them to remember how you brought them out of bondage.  

Unfortunately, Heavenly Father time and time again, they failed to remember. They failed to keep faith. Their faith was only as long as they saw your provision, but we don't want to be that way Heavenly Father.  

We choose not to believe in you just because of what we expect to get from you. We choose not to say that you're only as good as the last prayer you answered. We don't believe that Heavenly Father.  

We believe that you are our provider. We believe that everything you're leading us through Heavenly Father, no matter how painful, just as you met, there is your life through the desert, everything You're leading us through is for our good and on the other side of the desert is our promised land.  

We just need to do our part, Heavenly Father, to pray in faith, to ask rightly, and when we when, when you show up and when you provide for us Heavenly Father, we are not to waste what you provide. We are to treasure.  

We are to honor it and we are to share it and most of all, Heavenly Father, we are to be willing to give away what you have blessed us with what you have provided for us, we are to be willing to give it away. 

Heavenly Father, because this too is part of our Christian faith. Your provision is not what we pray for. It is your presence, your provision, the things that you give to us are not what we are to cling to.  

We have hold them loosely, have new flounder and not grasp them and clutch it Heavenly Father, because that way that feeling leads to destruction. So help us, Heavenly Father, to hold what you provide with open hands.  

Heavenly Father, as we hold them in our hands, Heavenly Father, let us hold them and not clutch them. Let us not bury them but let us use anything that you provide to us Heavenly Father, to provide not only for ourselves, but also for others.  

We pray that you will help us to hear more clearly your Holy Spirit leading us and directing us in the path that we should go.

We thank you, Heavenly Father, for your mercy and we pray forgiveness for our sins that we may commit in our thoughts and our words and our deeds.  

We just ask for your forgiveness. We ask that you give us right motives, Heavenly Father, and everything that we ask for. Let our motives be right Heavenly Father. Because of at the end of the day we want to be faithful servants.  

We want to be obedient servants. We want to do all things according to your will and not our own.

So thank you, Heavenly Father, for reminding us that you are our provider and reminding us that you will never leave us or forsaken. Help us to do our part Heavenly Father.  

Thank you so much for your word. Thank you so much for this fellowship, this family of faith. We thank you that you're here and you've given us. You've given each of us to support one another, to lean on, to build each others up in our faith as we walk this Christian walk. 

So thank you, Heavenly Father once again for this day. Thank you for your presence. We pray that you will go before us this day. Keep your spirit in us. Refresh us, revive us. Give us the wisdom that we need for this day.  

Thank you for your grace and mercy. Thank you for your peace and your presence. We love you, Heavenly Father. We glorify and magnify you and it's in Jesus precious name we pray, Amen.  

Amen family, I pray that you will have a blessed and wonderful day, remembering that no matter what you need, God will provide and as you're waiting on his provision, give thanks, give thanks. Have a blessed day. We love you, go in peace, God bless you.