This past Sunday Dr. Wilton preached a powerful sermon on the names of God. The sermon reminded us of the great missionary to China, Hudson Taylor. The biography of his life, The Spiritual Secret of Hudson Taylor by Dr.and Mrs. Howard Taylor is a great read that has inspired and humbled us in so many ways. Hudson Taylor reportedly had a plaque in every home he ever lived which read Ebenezer Jehovah-Jireh.
The name Ebenezer is found in I Samuel 7:12; when God saved Isreal from the Philistines. Samuel set up a stone "and named it Ebenezer, saying 'thus far the Lord has helped us'". The Lord has indeed been faithful towards us on our journey towards adoption. He has encouraged us, led us, and helped us in so many ways.
We find the name Jehovah-Jireh in Genesis 22:14.This is when God provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice as a subsitute for his son Isaac. Abraham declared "Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord will provide". Its a great descriptive name of our Lord. Everything we have and everything we will have is proided by Him.
These two names are like two "bookends", the past and the future.They
remind us that the Lord has always helped us and will always provide for us in the future. We have had our own plaque made for our home and David's office as well. So as we begin the travel portion of our journey we know that there will be some hard times ahead, some trying moments but we know our God has always been with us and will always be with us in the future. Praise be to God! Ebenezer - Jehovah-Jireh!
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