365 Days of the Great Names of God, Day 272: Provider

Provider

"So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, 'On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.' " (Genesis 22:14 NIV)

Jesus said it's not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick (Luke 5:31). His point, of course, wasn't that He didn't care about healthy people; His point was that everyone needs the spiritual healing of the Great Physician, whether they realize it or not. 

Sometimes we don't know we're sick. We don't want to be sick. But God has a way of showing us our sickness so we'll recognize our need for a Healer. He has a way of showing us our lack so we recognize our need for a Provider. 

Sometimes, God takes us to a low place so we can see that He is the Rock That Is Higher Than I.

Sometimes, God takes us to a busy place so we can see that He is our Rest.

Sometimes, God takes us to a hot place so we can see that He is our Shade.

Sometimes, God takes us to an unfamiliar place so we can see that He is our Home.

Sometimes, God takes us to a stormy place so we can see that He is our Shelter.

And sometimes, God takes us to a place where we see what we are not so we can see that He is I AM.

Lean into your lack. The Provider likes us to come to Him hungry and thirsty and poor and weak, because that's the best environment for Him to show us that He is the Bread of Life, the Living Water, our Treasure, and our Strength. 

And when we see Him as He is, we find that any place can be a place called The Lord Will Provide.