 Last wikwe began this journey of looking at the names of God. The names of God and you will wonder and ask, does God have names? And I'm putting that S on purpose by the, you see, same at you, who you are. No, nili soma. So I'm putting that S on purpose, the names of God. And the names of God are basically in his character. So whatever character that you encounter of God, that is the name you give God. For instance, when Moses, we looked at this, when Moses was sent to Egypt to deliver the Israelites, he asked, what room should I say sent me? God told me, say I am that I am. So whatever character or dimension of me that these children of Israel have met, that is the name they call me. If I am Heela, I am Rafa, I am Ebeneza, last wikwe look at Samuel and Israel calling God Ebeneza because God had fought for them. God had fought for them in a battle they did not expect. They did not see coming or did not expect winning. But who is God? God nili am say, God nili you know what he fights for us. So God showed up and fought for them and Samuel together with the Israelites, they called God there Ebeneza and that is one name of God. Because in that dimension that they met God, he fought for them so God was there Ebeneza. And today we are looking at Jire. Abraham called God Jire. And you would wonder why would Abraham called God Jire because Jire means God provides himself. God provides himself. So you would wonder was Abraham in luck that he called God a provider. Abraham was never in luck. You need to study the character of Abraham. This guy was rich. He was wealthy. All kind of manner of wealth this guy had. This guy was wealthy. You need to read the story of Abraham from Genesis chapter 11. So Kifika chapter 12, 22 actually when he says Jehovah Jire. Now you understand why Abraham called God Jehovah Jire. But this guy will assure you this guy was never in luck. This guy was wealthy. He had Siva. He had a lot of wealth. He had gold. If you read especially chapter 13, he says Abraham was very rich in livestock in Siva, in gold. Very wealthy. Alkwa me make it. Alkwa me omoka. On top of that, he had a very beautiful wife. Baibo ena se maivo. Si mimi. So ma baibo by the way. Uta pata baibo ena itasara. Very beautiful wife. At 65, she almost ended up being married again by Pharaoh. As if that was not enough. At 85, Abimelek also wanted to marry her. At 85. Imagine a woman at 85 anata kulewa. At 65 anata kulewa tena. So Abraham had a beautiful wife. A very beautiful wife. That is the words of the Bible. So he had gold, silver, livestock, land, everything, tents and a very beautiful wife. On top of that, Abraham had men. Men that he was taking care of. When I wengi mbogi kubwa. Was it na kwa nga nga mboge watua tanona tunakike lele. Abraham had a lot. This is one time, I will say, when lot was captured was captured by some people. There was a battle somewhere and then lot was captured together with his family. Remember lot is nephew to Abraham. So lot was captured and Abraham took his men. The Bible say he took his men. 318. Was it 318? Amma 328 men. Mighty men of wo. His men, mighty men of wo. Kuma nisha kuna wale wa kuenda vita because they are not mighty as these other 300 and above. Kuma nisha they are still men and women and children. How many people was Abraham taking care of? Umi se li kwa bazu. Alingiaivi Egypt Feroa na kujakum gotea. Na kujakum welcome, welcome sir. Welcome. Feel at home. This wife of you is very beautiful. Umi se li kwa me make it. So why did he call Godjire? So this guy, he had everything except one. He did not have a hair. He did not have a child. He did not have a child at all. Baren, sarabaren, kaput 85, 95, awanam totobado. So God visits them. One year later they conceive they have a child. It's called Isaac. 13, I don't know 13, 17 years later God shows up. Like you need to sacrifice this child. Then God is very specific. You need to sacrifice your one and only son. Because God did not recognize Ishmael. He only recognized Isaac. Because Isaac was the blessings of God. It was according to the will of God. Ishmael is the permissive will. Ile nye umtuki takanga kituna force mungu paka munguare se maia chukua. The permissive will. You force things, you pray and you force things. We just go ahead and manipulate things. We say, ah God ame chelewa. Let me just do it my way. So that is the permissive will. Now with Abraham and Sarah Ishmael was the permissive will. But God only recognized one person. One child and that is Isaac. So God shows up. I need you to sacrifice this one and only son of yours. 20, I will show you where. So they are there. Abraham has taken two servants. Isaac, Kuni, Donky, 20. They leave the two men behind. He takes Isaac and the wood puts on Isaac's shoulder 20. On the way, Isaac gets curious. Where is the lamp that we are going to sacrifice? And one thing you can learn from that. You can pick from that question that is Abraham worship God with a lot of sacrificing of animal. He worship God a lot. If you read from chapter 11 you can see Abraham built three altars for God. Three altars where he built an altar offered a sacrifice to worship God. Abraham was a worshipper. So he worshipped with his whatever God had blessed him with. Are you worshipping with whatever God has given you? Your time. You can give God your time. You can give God your money. You can give God whatever he has blessed you with and worship God with that. Abraham was a worshipper. Mapema your best a najuwa ikitu. Abram knows this thing. Mapema, the Bible tells us that Abraham arose very early. God tells Abraham you need to let the month of experience go. Mapema a nma chili a neinda. We need to go and sacrifice Abram a nama. These Abraham was very obedient. Mapema your best was his term. So this day you can say he had faith. He is a worshipper, he is obedient and he had faith in God because he had waited 99 years to have a child. So when God tells him 20 days, let us go sacrifice and Isaac still ask him where is the sacrifice. When he answered, God will provide. Of course he knew that God was going to provide. That is in 22 18 that say in 8, my son God will provide for himself the lamp for a burnt offering. When he was just about to kill Isaac, God showed up and told him Abram do not sacrifice that child. Abram do not do it and verse 14 and it says as we wind up. And Abram called the name of that place Jire when he said that do not kill that lad, that child, that kid. Abram looked aside and saw a lamp and instead of sacrificing Isaac, he sacrificed that lamp, a young lamp. And because of that action, God was testing Abram. It was not a matter of what you had. If Abram wanted to sacrifice a thousand gods, a thousand white ships, a thousand white culture. He was able to do that but God was just testing his faith. And that's why he called God Jire. We read in verse 14 and said Abram called the name of that place Jehovah Jire as it is said to this day in the mount of the Lord. It shall be seen God provided not what he wanted but what he needed. God will always provide for you what you need not what you want. You could be praying for rent but God is saying I need to give you a job. Because if you give me a job, I will give you rent and food. It will cater for all the bills. God will always go beyond what you are asking for. Not what you want but what you need. So when he provides for himself, not for you. Hallelujah. Praise Jesus.