Jehová Proveerá

Jehová Proveerá (hebreo: Yahweh-Jireh)

Este nombre fue dado a Dios por el patriarca Abraham en Génesis 22:14. En obediencia al mandato de Dios, Abraham ofreció a su hijo Isaac sobre el altar como un sacrificio. Antes que Abraham pudiera matar a su hijo, Dios lo detuvo y proveyó un carnero en su lugar. La redención que Dios proveyó ese día en el monte Moriah motivó a Abraham a llamar el lugar Yahweh-Jireh. Aunque es verdad que Dios es poderoso y fiel para suplir todas nuestras necesidades, el nombre Yahweh-Jireh no es una promesa de la prosperidad económica, sino una promesa de redención del pecado. Nosotros debemos morir por nuestros pecados (Romanos 6:23), pero Yahweh-Jireh ha provisto un sacrificio en nuestro lugar – Su único y amado Hijo. Él es el Cordero que quita el pecado del mundo (Juan 1:29). Es blasfemia enfatizar la prosperidad económica sobre la redención del pecado. Jesús no derramó Su sangre para nuestra ganancia monetaria, sino para la salvación de nuestra alma – la redención de la vida es de gran precio (Salmo 49:8).

Extraído del libro  "El único Dios verdadero" por Paul David Washer 

Buscando primero el Reino de Dios

Seeking First the Kingdom (1844)

GEORGE MÜLLER

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His

righteousness: and all these things shall be

added unto you” (Matthew 5:33).

After our Lord, in the previous verses, had been pointing

His disciples to “the fowls of the air,” and “the lilies of

the field,” in order that they should be without carefulness

about the necessaries of life, He adds: “Therefore take not

thought (literally, “be not anxious”) saying, What shall we

eat? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be

clothed? (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for

your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all

these things.” Observe here particularly that we, the children

of God, should be different from the nations of the

earth, from those who have no Father in heaven, and who

therefore make it their great business, their first anxious

concern, what they shall eat, and what they shall drink,

and wherewithal they shall be clothed. We, the children of

God, should, as in every other respect, so in this particular

also, be different from the world, and prove to the world

that we believe that we have a Father in heaven, who

knoweth that we have need of all these things. The fact

that our almighty Father, who is full of infinite love to us

His children, and who has proved to us His love in the gift

of His only begotten Son, and His almighty power in raising

Him from the dead, knows that we have need of these

things, should remove all anxiety from our minds.

There is, however, one thing which we ought to attend

to, with reference to our temporal necessities; it is

mentioned in our verse: “But seek ye first the kingdom of

God and His righteousness.” The great business which

the disciple of the Lord Jesus has to be concerned about

(for this word was spoken to disciples, to professed believers)

is, to seek the kingdom of God, i.e., to seek, as I

 

view it, after the external and internal prosperity of the

Church of God. If, according to our ability, and according

to the opportunity which the Lord gives us, we seek to win

souls for the Lord Jesus, that appears to me to be seeking

the external prosperity of the kingdom of God; and, if we,

as members of the body of Christ, seek to benefit our fellow

members in the body, helping them on in grace and

truth, or caring for them in any way to their edification, that

would be seeking the internal prosperity of the kingdom of

God. But in connection with this we have also to “seek His

righteousness,” which means (as it was spoken to disciples,

to those who have a Father in heaven, and not to

those who were without), to seek to be more and more like

God, to seek to be inwardly conformed to the mind of God

— If these two things are attended to (and they imply also

that we are not slothful in business), then do we come

under that precious promise: “And all these things (that is

food, raiment, or any thing else that is needful for this

present life) shall be added unto you.” It is not for attending

to these two things that we obtain the blessing, but in

attending to them.

I now ask you, my dear reader, a few questions in all

love, because I do seek your welfare, and I do not wish to

put these questions to you, without putting them first to

my own heart. Do you make it your primary business, your

first great concern, to seek the kingdom of God and His

righteousness? Are the things of God, the honour of His

name, the welfare of His Church, the conversion of sinners,

and the profit of your own soul, your chief aim? Or,

does your business, or your family, or your own temporal

concerns, in some shape or other primarily occupy your

attention?

I never knew a child of God who acted according to

the above passage, in whose experience the Lord did not

fulfill His word of promise, “All these things shall be added

unto you.”

Confiar en Dios (Por Joyce Meyer)

I believe every time we feel frustration, it means we've really stopped relying on God. That might sound like a bold statement to you, but think about it: God's given you and me His Holy Spirit and His grace to help us walk through anything that comes our way. Frustration hits when we stop depending on Him and try to make something happen our own way.

Understanding this really helped me. Every time I became frustrated, I reminded myself that what I was really doing was trying to take the place of the Holy Spirit. I was trying to be Holy Spirit Junior!

Do you struggle with an independent spirit? When you refuse to depend on God, in essence, you're saying, "Okay, God, I appreciate that You're around, but watch me do this." Depending on God for everything may be difficult, but it's the key to the victory we need every single day of our lives.

When God saved us, He didn't help us and then say, "Ok, that's it. You're on your own now!" He's eternally saved us, which means if we depend on Him, He will guide us and help us.

Galations 5:16 urges us to "walk and live habitually in the Holy Spirit...then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh".... Notice that it doesn't say "conquer the flesh independently...then you will certainly not gratify the desires of the flesh." No, it says to live in the Holy Spirit.

Choose to stop living independently, and rely on the Holy Spirit. I promise you won't regret it!

Prayer Starter: God, You are all I need. Help me not to trust in myself, but to put my trust in You and to rely only on You.

By Joyce Meyer