The Ram Was in the Thicket
Scripture
Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” - Genesis 22:13-14 NLT
Devotion
The ram was not outside the thicket. It was in it.
That is one of the most powerful truths Pastor Darren highlighted. We often think the thicket is only the place of trouble, pain, confusion, and entanglement. But what if the provision of God is waiting right there? The thicket may look like hurt. It may look like family conflict, loneliness, church wounds, poor choices, addiction, distraction, or unforgiveness. It may feel like you cannot walk through it, see through it, or pray through it.
But Abraham looked up. That matters. When he looked up, he saw what God had already provided.
Sometimes we are so focused on what has us tangled that we cannot see what God has supplied. The ram was caught, but Abraham was not. The provision was secured by God before Abraham ever reached for it.
Your thicket does not own you. Your pain does not define you. Your past does not get the final word.
Look up. The Lord still provides.
Reflection
What has your attention right now—the thicket or the ram?
What provision might God be asking you to notice?
Take time today to “look up” through prayer, worship, and Scripture.
Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” - Genesis 22:13-14 NLT
Devotion
The ram was not outside the thicket. It was in it.
That is one of the most powerful truths Pastor Darren highlighted. We often think the thicket is only the place of trouble, pain, confusion, and entanglement. But what if the provision of God is waiting right there? The thicket may look like hurt. It may look like family conflict, loneliness, church wounds, poor choices, addiction, distraction, or unforgiveness. It may feel like you cannot walk through it, see through it, or pray through it.
But Abraham looked up. That matters. When he looked up, he saw what God had already provided.
Sometimes we are so focused on what has us tangled that we cannot see what God has supplied. The ram was caught, but Abraham was not. The provision was secured by God before Abraham ever reached for it.
Your thicket does not own you. Your pain does not define you. Your past does not get the final word.
Look up. The Lord still provides.
Reflection
What has your attention right now—the thicket or the ram?
What provision might God be asking you to notice?
Take time today to “look up” through prayer, worship, and Scripture.