Day 3 /40 God is our provider
- Margit Kresin
- Mar 8
- 2 min read
YAHWEH Jireh (יהוה יראה)
If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior and Redeemer, you are accepted by God the Father as His child and you can know that He, your Abba*, will always provide for you. He is Yahweh Jireh (יהוה יראה) .
God is our provider.
God provides for every animal and every plant, so why shouldn't He provide for His children? As a child, you trusted your parents to provide you with food, clothing, toys, love, security, etc. You trusted your parents to care for you.
God wants you to trust Him again completely. He is our Father and our provider even in the worst situations. Paul encourages the Philippians and thus us too:
“But my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:19; SLT)
All you have to do is trust God and do exactly what He tells you or shows you. Like every father, He has ten house rules, namely the Ten Commandments. We as believers and children of God should abide by these commandments (Exodus 20). Jesus summarized them in two commandments, but all ten are still valid.
Furthermore, our heavenly Father expects us to ask Him for something, even if He already knows our wishes. In the "Our Father Prayer" we ask for our daily bread. Abba gives us gifts willingly and generously; He makes sure that the grain grows; He provides the rain, makes the seeds grow, etc. On the other hand, Abba also expects us to do our part, for example by going to work or helping out.
Many people forget to thank God for His gifts. We can be thankful for so much: sun, food, clothing, protection, labor and our daily bread.
But God doesn't just care for our physical well-being. In the time we spend with Him, He makes sure that we also receive spiritual nourishment . In His Word we find advice, comfort, promises, teachings and much more. He enjoys reading the Bible with us. In prayer, He gives you and me closeness and security.
God is always there for us. He is our Abba. God is our provider because He is Yahweh Jireh.
* Abba (Aramaic: “Father ”) is, according to some passages in the New Testament, the personal address of YHWH by Jesus of Nazareth, who spoke Aramaic at that time.
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