Image: the square in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. “Marisela, listen to me. I understand that you left your homework at home. I get it. But I’m required to take points off for late assignments.” I was a first-year English teacher. Marisela was a sophomore in a border town. I had been hired to replace aContinue reading “God Hears. Psalm 120:1.”
Category Archives: God Who Sees and Hears
He Hears Your Voice. Psalm 55.
God hears. No matter what day, no matter what is going on. No matter what you have done—God hears. Take your complaints, your hurt, your fear, and broken heart to God. He hears you. He loves you. He will deliver you. When David was upset and afraid, he wrote Psalm 55. “But I call toContinue reading “He Hears Your Voice. Psalm 55.”
Crime Doesn’t Pay.
More specifically, SIN does not pay. Do not be deceived by appearances. God is watching and He will address it. After all, He says, “vengeance is Mine. I will repay” Romans 12:19. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” Galatians 6:7. Consider the many punishmentsContinue reading “Crime Doesn’t Pay.”
God is Watching.
Do you ever forget? Some do. You will do better and make better decisions when you remember that God has His eyes on you. Think about recent decisions. Have you made bad choices when you forgot that He was watching, that He was there with you? “Can the One who shaped the ear not hear?Continue reading “God is Watching.”
Oh Soul, Are You Weary and Troubled?
All of us know weariness. All of us have been tired, exhausted, depressed, and worn down by grief and struggles. But does God become weary? Do our troubles affect him, or is he impervious? Yes, our problems affect God. When the children of Israel cried out to God about their slavery in Egypt, He saidContinue reading “Oh Soul, Are You Weary and Troubled?”
And God Became Weary. Judges 10:16.
How can God be weary? Does God become tired or worn out? Are not His power and patience infinite? The author of Judges says that God became weary. I wonder why. The story was, Israel had rebelled again. “Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshipped theContinue reading “And God Became Weary. Judges 10:16.”
God Heard Their Groaning. He Saw. He Took Notice.
When the Egyptians enslaved the Hebrews and treated them cruelly, God paid attention. It must have seemed to go on forever. But God was not ignoring the problem. The Hebrews cried out to God and He was already busily at work raising up a leader who would deliver God’s people. (You know who that was,Continue reading “God Heard Their Groaning. He Saw. He Took Notice.”
The Blessing of God.
In Egypt, Joseph gave his sons names that indicated God had blessed him “in the land of my affliction.” Genesis 41:51-52. But Joseph was not the only one who knew God’s hand was on him. It was obvious to Egypt’s idol-worshipping pagans: “And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that theContinue reading “The Blessing of God.”
The Lord is With You. Genesis 39 and 40.
Who is your favorite person in the Bible—excluding Jesus, the God-Man? Mine has always been Joseph, and I began reading his story today: a gifted dreamer, super-talented, picked-on, and misunderstood. And righteous. What a man of INTEGRITY. But though sold into slavery in a foreign, pagan land, he was never alone, not even in theContinue reading “The Lord is With You. Genesis 39 and 40.”
Do You Ever Feel Mistreated?
Have you ever been treated unfairly? Have you ever felt left out by friends or teammates or family? God sees. He knows what happened and He knows how bad it feels. Can you forgive? Can you leave the problem in God’s hands and trust Him to make things right? We are called to trust Him,Continue reading “Do You Ever Feel Mistreated?”
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