Isaac

 But Isaac spoke to Abraham 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 lamb for a burnt offering?”    Genesis 22.7

Questions raced through Isaac’s mind as he climbed Mount Moriah with his father, who assured him God would provide the lamb. When Abraham began binding Isaac, chills ran down the young man’s back. As a teenager, Isaac could have overpowered his aged father, but Isaac was obedient. Besides, he couldn’t die. God had promised many descendants to him.

Abraham laid Isaac on the wood and raised his knife. 

Suddenly, Abraham seemed distracted. Isaac sighed with relief. Something was rustling in the thicket behind them. It was the ram God provided. With joy, father and son offered it to God.

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.”    Genesis 22.14

God was with Isaac when his father was commanded to sacrifice him. Abraham heard the sound of a ram caught up in the thicket, unable to free itself. This became the substitute offering in the place of Isaac. 

God is Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides. 

You may have a need in your life God has not met. Don’t allow the waiting to shake your faith. God will provide for you as He did as He did for Issac. God meets the needs of His children in His own timing. 

Father, I know You are my Provider, but I get impatient waiting. I lift these needs to You again today, and I trust You to do what’s best in my life. In Jesus’s name, Amen 

And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.      Philippians 4.19