MORNING MANNA 2-22-23
GOD KNOWS OUR PAIN
“Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;”- Exodus 3:6–7
The poet and hymn writer Margaret Clarkson said, “Nothing comes your way that has not first passed through the filter of His love. The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign God…. All evil is subject to Him, and evil cannot touch His children unless He permits it. God is the Lord of human history and the personal history of every member of His redeemed family.”
God is not indifferent to the pain and suffering of His children. Just as we as human parents weep when our children hurt, He is moved with compassion when we have pain. While in Egypt, the Children of Israel were suffering greatly, and they thought that God had forgotten about them. But He told Moses that He was fully aware of the situation.
People do not always respond well when we suffer. Job’s friends falsely accused him of harboring secret sins in his life that were the root cause of his great losses. Sometimes people want us to just hurry up and get over pain. God never treats us that way. He is patient and kind and He cares about our pain. David wrote, “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him” (Psalm 103:13). We can share our deepest hurts with God because He knows all about our sorrows.( Daily in the Word)
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx
