The most misused title of God

I'll jump right into the facts...

The title "Jehovah Jireh" occurs only once in the entire Bible (in the book of Genesis), but God shows up as Provider in almost every book of the Bible. Ever wondered the reason for this?

Jireh is what Abraham calls God when he 'provides' a replacement ram at the last minute that saves Isaac from being sacrificed according to the test. 

Theologians have gone on to expound that this same mountain on which the sacrifice took place (Mount Moriah), is the same location on which several years later Jesus Christ, the perfect lamb, is crucified, as an atonement sacrifice for the sins of the world. 

Even if it was not the same location, the parallels in both scenes are hard to ignore: God providing a replacement for Abraham so he does not have to sacrifice the only son he loves, but later going on ahead to allow His own only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, to be sacrificed - for the sins of the world.

Thus, if we are to properly appropriate the name Jireh in our world today, it should be in the context of that 'provision' God made of a sacrifice that took our place, the replacement that happened that set us free from death.

People may say this is an area we can agree to disagree in, and this is not the decisive issue that determines whether one goes to hell (or heaven). But we have to admit that it is a strange thing we do nowadays, to call on God for a Range Rover or for food with the name that symbolizes the perfected redemption work He has done for us. 

To end on a humorous note, what would you do when He responds "But have I not already shown up as Jehovah Jireh in your life? Hasn't Jesus already died in your place?"