Genesis 22:1-18
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Abraham went to this mountain fully willing to offer up his son as God had told him to do. Though his son was so precious to him, he would not hold back. He brought Isaac and the wood and the fire and the knife and went his way, prepared to make an offering. Abraham had proved his faith and belief in God, and when God saw that and knew that, He gave another offering in the place of Isaac. The result is not just this one offering, but the covenant that God makes with Abraham. He would be blessed and multiplied, and through his seed would all nations be blessed.

As a result of this experience, Abraham calls the place Jehovahjireh, meaning “In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen,” or “Jehovah will see to it.” So this becomes Mount Moriah, “seen of Jah,” and becomes an important place in the kingdom of Israel. This is the mountain where later a man named Ornan would have a threshing floor, which King David would purchase from him after his sin of numbering the people, the place where David saw the angel of the Lord executing his judgment. David, too, would build an altar here and offer a sacrifice and receive forgiveness from God. And this would be the place where his son Solomon would build the temple, a place where God promised to hear the prayers of His people, a place upon which He would always look.

What Abraham saw here was the reality of what he’d told Isaac: God would provide Himself a lamb. But it wasn’t just about providing one thing one time; it is the idea that God provides the one thing needed one time—namely, offering Christ as the only needed sacrifice for sin. It is God Himself who meets the need completely in and of Himself, without anything needed from anyone else. He provides what only He can provide. That was His plan from the very beginning—to give what only He could give, to make right what only He could make right, to accomplish what only He could accomplish.

Again there is this idea of God seeing (being all-seeing) and knowing (being all-knowing). He looks with care and interest upon the earth. He created it with purpose and intention. He placed man there knowing he would sin and His plan of salvation would be required. But He was prepared and ready for that from the beginning. He made the garden with everything Adam and Eve would need. He prepared and preserved the seed of Abraham down to the birth of Christ. He prepared the place, the elements, the people, and the circumstances for it to all go forward as He intended. He “saw to” every little detail and worked it all out in His way and His time.

And so there was a time when another Son took upon Himself the wood for the offering. When He climbed a hill. When He laid Himself down and offered His life, allowed His blood to be shed, gave up the ghost, and took His own three-day journey to death and back again to life. Our biggest need is salvation. And there is nothing at all we can do to gain that for ourselves. There is no offering we can bring, no amount of money we could spend, no monumental task to complete, no eloquent prayer we could pray, no amount of begging and pleading, no worth within ourselves that we could offer up to God. The need is great, and all we have in our own selves, our own power is absolutely nothing. And there is God looking on, knowing all of that, and wanting us to know it so surely, as well. Because He gives all we need. He fills in the nothing with the only thing needed. And He gives it willingly. He gives it out of love. He gives it purposely. He gives it abundantly. He gives it fully and completely. He gives it directly to us, and all we have to do is take it.

Matthew 6:5-15
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Jesus tells us here that we can pray to our Father in heaven and expect Him to hear us and listen to us. We can pray with confidence knowing that God knows what we need before we even ask for anything. It is the delight of our Father to supply what we need according to His riches, to give good gifts to His children, to respond to every heartfelt prayer with what He knows is best.

-We can trust His position—the one who is above all and over all.
-We can trust His sovereignty—that He decides by Himself to do these things for us.
-We can trust His provision—that He will in actuality meet our needs.
-We can trust His mercy—that He is gracious to forgive us our sins.
-We can trust His protection—the righteous one who protects us from the evil one.
-We can trust His goodness—that He is good and He chooses to give us good things.
-We can trust His power—that He has both the authority and the ability to do all that He says He will do.

Romans 8:31-32
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Not only does God know our needs, but He undertakes to meet them. He gave His Son for our sakes, provided that greatest need, and indeed it is Christ Himself who meets the greatest longings and desires of our human hearts.

-He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. The path we must take to get to the Father. The truth of the living Word of God. The source of both our physical and eternal life.

-He is our friend, and He relates to us as such. We can talk to Him about anything. He comes alongside us. He is a companion who can relate to our struggles. And He never leaves nor forsakes.

-He is our comfort, the God of all comfort who can offer solace to our souls. The Comforter of the Holy Spirit who is our advocate, our intercessor, and our consoler.

-He is love, and He fills us with His love—unconditional, powerful, holy, and never-ending.

-He is the Bread of Life, food for our hungry souls.

-He is the Living Water that can fully satisfy an otherwise unquenchable thirst.

-He is salvation. He sets us free from sin. He forgives. He justifies. He makes us righteous.

-He is all-sufficient in and of Himself for every need we personally have.

Ephesians 3:14-21
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Not only does our Lord meet our every need, but He does so abundantly. He goes above and beyond. He does more than we could ever imagine. He seeks to pour into our lives good things that we never even think to ask for. He seeks to bring fullness into our lives that cannot come from anywhere else—fullness of joy, fullness of love, fullness of truth, fullness of purpose, fullness of grace and mercy.

The disciples, and thousands of other people, witnessed that when Jesus took a few loaves and fish and provided a feast. Multitudes of sick people experienced it when Jesus restored their health, restored their sight, restored their minds, restored their lives. He gave children to barren women. He restored broken relationships. He set free the demon-possessed and offered forgiveness to every sinner.

Whatever your need is just now, do you believe that God can provide for it? Abraham went in faith to the top of his mountain, and we must do the same. If we believe that God can, then we can ask Him if He will. Maybe your greatest need is salvation, to know Jesus personally as the one who can take away your sin and give you the gift of eternal life. All you have to do is ask. Maybe yours is a financial need, a health need, a relationship need. Whatever it is, you can bring your specific and precious need before Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides, who sees it and sees to it in the way He knows is best.