Verse of the Day 6/25

Through the Bible - Jeremiah 50,Philippians 2

 

Good morning,

For today's verse we'll go to Genesis 22 where God provided Abraham a ram for the sacrifice.

 

Gen 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called the name of that place,  "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."   ESV

In today's "These Day's" devotional Bonnie Pattison writes, "little did Abraham know as he and Isaac were climbing up one side of the mountain that God was leading a ram up the other side".  Have you ever stopped to think that's how it is in our lives?  We may be down, thinking hope is gone or that we cannot go through with the task at hand, but God steps in and provides. 

 

I'm reminded of the prayers of a friend from a men's small group that I was in years ago.  He would often say in his prayer, "Lord, meet the need".  That's what is going on here.  God had it in mind to meet the need and had set things in motion for that precise moment.  Do you think the answers to prayer appear out of nowhere or by chance?  God is at work all around you preparing to meet your need before you're even aware of it.

 

I'm reminded of the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".  In Him we have a friend who has already supplied our greatest need, we can trust Him for our daily needs.  Pray in His name that God may meet your need, that the Lord will provide in your life today.

 

What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer. 

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer.

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace  NIV

Gen 22:9-18

 

9 When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. 10 And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. 11 At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"

 

"Yes," Abraham replied. "Here I am!"

 

12 "Don't lay a hand on the boy!" the angel said. "Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son."

 

13 Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means "the Lord will provide"). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: "On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided."

 

15 Then the angel of the Lord called again to Abraham from heaven. 16 "This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that 17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies. 18 And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me."   NLT