Genesis 22:14<\/a>, when God provides Abraham with a sacrificial lamb in place of Isaac. The lesson learned by Abraham (and Isaac) is one we should not forget for our own lives.<\/p>\nTho’ troubles assail
\nAnd dangers affright,
\nTho’ friends should all fail
\nAnd foes all unite;
\nYet one thing secures us,
\nWhatever betide,
\nThe scripture assures us,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
The birds without barn
\nOr storehouse are fed,
\nFrom them let us learn
\nTo trust for our bread:
\nHis saints, what is fitting,
\nShall ne’er be deny’d,
\nSo long as ’tis written,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
We may, like the ships,
\nBy tempests be tost
\nOn perilous deeps,
\nBut cannot be lost:
\nTho’ Satan enrages
\nThe wind and the tide,
\nThe promise engages,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
His call we obey
\nLike Abra’m of old,
\nNot knowing our way,
\nBut faith makes us bold;
\nFor tho’ we are strangers
\nWe have a good Guide,
\nAnd trust in all dangers,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
When Satan appears
\nTo stop up our path,
\nAnd fill us with fears,
\nWe triumph by faith;
\nHe cannot take from us,
\nTho’ oft he has try’d,
\nThis heart-cheering promise,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
He tells us we’re weak,
\nOur hope is in vain,
\nThe good that we seek
\nWe ne’er shall obtain;
\nBut when such suggestions
\nOur spirits have ply’d,
\nThis answers all questions,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
No strength of our own,
\nOr goodness we claim,
\nYet since we have known
\nThe Saviour’s great name;
\nIn this our strong tower
\nFor safety we hide,
\nThe LORD is our power,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
When life sinks apace
\nAnd death is in view,
\nThis word of his grace
\nShall comfort us thro’:
\nNo fearing or doubting
\nWith CHRIST on our side,
\nWe hope to die shouting,
\nThe LORD will provide.<\/p>\n
John Newton<\/em>
\nin “John Newton’s Olney Hymns”, republished by Curiosmith in 2011<\/em><\/p>\nA good setting for this hymn is the tune for “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John Newton (Amazing Grace) wrote this hymn text glorifying the name of God, Jehovah-Jireh, and it was published in the original Olney Hymns in 1779. We’re introduced to the name Jehovah-Jireh in Genesis 22:14, when God provides Abraham with a sacrificial lamb in place of Isaac. The lesson learned by Abraham (and Isaac) is one… <\/p>\n
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