Who Do We Worship
Jehovah-Jireh
I’m sure by this time Abraham didn’t care about any of those answers. I would imagine that he was so full of relief and joy that he couldn’t contain himself, but this was a major turning point in the life of Abraham. It was such a turning point in his life that he named that place on the mountain “Jehovah Jireh”, meaning The Lord Will Provide.
If all Abraham had to do was climb the mountain and find a helpless ram, where would the trust be? God was not playing a game with Abraham. He was not playing a trick on him. He was giving Abraham a test. The outcome of this test would determine if he had the ability to carry out God’s plan for his life. Abraham had to face this test in order to understand certain character qualities of God.
God desires to reveal himself to us in numerous ways. He wants us to know His love and His peace. He wants us to know His saving grace and mercy. But He also wants us to know Him as our provider. What exactly is it that He provides? The simple answer to that is—everything that we need!
Many times, however, in order to know His provision we must experience lack, hurt, discomfort, and even pain. There are times when God will take us through a time of testing. These tests usually don’t feel good. As a matter of fact they usually hurt. But God knows that in order for us to fulfill the call that He has on our lives we need to first experience some discomfort so that we can then feel the ultimate comfort a peace of God’s provision. You cannot truly know the peace of God, unless you have gone from a period of no peace to full peace. You can’t truly understand the provision of God unless you have gone through a valley of need, and then experienced His rich blessing.
So how does this tie in with worship? In Genesis 22 Abraham never said that he was being tested. He never complained about this act that God had told him to do. He simply said that he was going to go up the mountain to worship. I don’t know if Abraham even recognized that this might be a test. I don’t know exactly what he expected to come out of the situation. I do know that his only response to the situation was worship.
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