Ge 22:14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of The LORD it shall be provided."
The expression "The Lord Will Provide" in this verse specifically refers to the blessed and comforting fact that God Himself will provide a sacrifice and atonement for the sins of sinners.
Moving up a verse before this, we read: "Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son."
The ram that the Lord provided as an offering was a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
Many people attempt to provide from their own resource to atone for their sins. They do religious works, charitable endeavors and philanthropic activities to somehow atone for their sins. They are ignorant of the fact that none of their own provisions can deal with the sin issue in their lives.
They ought to know what God has provided for the salvation of their souls in Mount Calvary. There the Lord Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead.
It is not what we provide and give to God that saves us. No, rather, it is God's provision in the cross of Calvary, in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, that saves a sinner.
Have you accepted by faith the Savior that God has provided for sinners like you and me?
