Jehovah Jireh, My Provider
This may be God's best-known name, but do we really understand what it's talking about? Our great God provides what He requires.
Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” (Genesis 22:13-14)
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