How do you remember the name of a place? Do you remember places by what happened there? Have you been to places that were named for an event? Have you given your own name to a place because of what you did while you were there?
We often remember places by what happened at that place or what we saw when we were there. Some places were named long ago. Others we may rename for our own reference. Naming them in a way that reminds us of something can be useful.
We use word association to jog our memory. This works great for naming places or giving places a nickname. For instance, most counties have a place called the fairgrounds. We may have never been in that county before, but we know at least one event that happens in that place.
When God provided the ram to replace Isaac as a sacrifice to him, Abraham called the place “The Lord will provide.” Many of us may not know that the mount on which God showed Abraham to perform his sacrifice is now the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. God continued to guide his people to a specific place. He also continued to provide for them so long as they continued to worship him.
We might take this lesson and apply it in our lives. When we continue to worship God, he continues to bless us. When we continue to attend worship services, we continue to please God. When we return to the place God has guided us to, he continues to meet us there.
I pray we all continue to worship God. I pray we continue to go to church for worship services. I pray each one of us please God in our worship of him and accept his blessings. Return to where God has called you. Continue to worship God. Please God through worship. Accept God’s blessings.
Genesis 22:13-14 And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
Marty Pressey 