I will provide for you. When I saw this on the magnet in Bob’s room my mind went immediately to the Scripture in Philippians 4:19: “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” [NKJV]
But when I began to think about God’s provision the Lord took me to Genesis 22 instead. Abraham was being tested by God … called to do something that makes most of us recoil in horror … offer his son Isaac to God as a burnt offering on Mt Moriah. God knew Abraham’s depth of faith but needed Abraham to understand that also.
Abraham and Isaac climbed up the mountain with everything necessary for the burnt offering, except as Isaac noted, there was no lamb. Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” [vs 8 NIV]
And of course, God did exactly that. As Abraham raises the knife, God restrains His hand and provides His own lamb in Isaac’s place. I will provide for you.
Isaac’s greatest need at that moment that knife was raised was for God’s faithfulness to provide a lamb in his place. Our greatest need for God’s provision is the same as Isaac’s. We need God’s faithfulness to provide the Lamb that will take our place. As God was faithful to Abraham and Isaac with the ram caught in the bush, God is faithful to provide for us His very own Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the “Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” [John 1:29]
