Jehovah Jireh - The Provider

It is interesting some times how we stretch ourselves so much, to keep up with the Jones, or make ourselves feel better about where we are, or even to impress people. This is a struggle almost every American has, we want more, and better things. Our society had become a disposable society, we don’t repair things we replace them. With this throw it away mentality that our world has moved into it is so difficult to know who provides for our needs.

 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.” Mathew 6:25-32

Jehovah Jireh The Lord will provide or God provides. In his word God tells us that we need not focus on the things of this world but focus on him and all the things we need, will be provided to us. As an American man it is something I struggle with so much. I struggle with having a hand-me-down car that needs work done to it; I fear that there will not be money to pay the mortgage on the house we just bought. But every month the car keeps working and getting me back and forth to work, the house payment is always paid and we have not gone hungry.

I am so blessed that God has brought a woman and church family into my life that has helped me see that God provides. As we continue to struggle with our human eyes and try to trust God for the bills and needs we have, we remind each other almost daily that, this house was given to us by God. The way that we found and the process that we went though getting this house could have only been orchestrated by God and knowing that he is the one that gave it to us. He will provide for us, and will make sure that this house is ours until its time for us to have something different.  God has and will provide for us.