DOES GOD REALLY CARE???

"Their groans and cries went up to God"

Read:
Exodus 1:7-13; 2:23-25

Have you ever felt that God had forgotten about you? Have you ever felt that no matter how hard you pray for your needs God does not give what you want?

I suppose His covenant people, Israel, felt that way when they didn't hear from Him.

At the beginning of the book of Exodus, we see the Israelites bent over from the back-breaking servitude of Egyptian bondage. For the first two chapters, heaven is silent. The people were being severely mistreated, and thier groans and cries went up to God.

When we feel as if God has forgotten about us in our trouble, and our pain is too deep for words, we should remind ourselves of His FAITHFULNESS. His faithful character is communicated in several ways:

• GOD HEARS. Although He wasn't speaking during that time, He was there. God hears the deepest sigh and the unutterable sounds of agony in our hearts right now.

• GOD REMEMBERS. When He heard Israel's groans. He remembered His covenant. Another way of saying this is that the time was right for Him to fulfill the promises He made to Abraham (Genesis 12;15;17). When God promises something, He will fulfill it in His own time!

• GOD SEES. He sees obvious pain. I believe He also sees the pain BEHIND THE PAIN. He sees the private persecutions of your heart. He sees and His ready to respond with compassion and redemption.

• GOD KNOWS. His knowledge of the the right timing for our prayers to be answered is more intellectual assent. It was intimate understanding. He knows when we really need something, to raise us up and redeem us, and He knows when is the time to disclose Himself to us.(Exodus 34:6-7)

God hears our groaning, underneath the servitude of sin. He remembered His love for us. He saw that we couldn't save ourselves. He knew it was time to send Someone who could enter His painful world, reveal to us the DEPTH OF HIS LOVE, and DELIVER US from the BONDAGE OF SIN.(John 1:14; 3:16-17)

He sent a Deliverer. He sent Jesus.

JESUS IS THE DEPTH OF GOD'S LOVE

Destination points:

1. When do I feel as if God has forgotten about me?
2. How will I remind myself of God's faithfullnes this week?
3. I will spend a few moments today thanking God for Jesus.

WATCH and be BLESSED:


GOD'S CHISEL