We have Yhwh-tsidkenu, which means God, our righteousness or, our deliverer. It appears in Jeremiah 23:6. Yhwh-roi, God, our Shepherd - the one who guides. That appears in Psalm 23:1. There is Yhwh-mekaddishkem, God, who sanctifies you - the one who anoints. This appears in the Sabbath Covenant, in Exodus 31:13. Yhwh-jireh, God, our provider. It literally means, the one who sees - meaning that He is there in Genesis 22:14. Yhwh-ropheka, God, our healer, in Exodus 15:26. And Yhwh-shalom, God, our peace. He used that when He was with Gideon, in Judges 6:24.
The Hebrew here means literally, “The Lord will see.” Adam Clarke says in his commentary, “God will take care that everything shall be done that is necessary for the comfort and support of them who trust in Him.” God will provide to those who obey, who have yielded to Him completely. And yielding and trusting in God are simply different ways of saying “put God first.”
And notice that it says, “In the mount of the Lord, it shall be provided. It is the final offering for sin. It is the sacrifice of Christ.
Back to Abraham again. Abraham had to learn this lesson as well and I think that it is very interesting to notice what Abraham stated at the conclusion of what was undoubtedly the supreme trial of his life and that is when he was commanded to sacrifice Isaac.
God had provided. I think that pretty much sums up a major lesson that Abraham learned through the entirety of his one-hundred years of living by faith. God did provide. We have to learn this too.
The hope that is there in that Name! He immortalized this idea—this hope that God will provide—in the name that he gave to God: Yahweh Yireh, the Lord will Provide. What hope there is there!
