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OES Jesus Care? Oh, what a wonderful song that is! And, what a significant question too! And the answer is a resounding, Yes! His heart is touched by my grief. When the days are dreary, and the long nights
make us weary, we can still be sure that Jesus cares for us.
Here in Psalm 142:3 we have the foundation for God's abiding
care. David prayed to God saying,
"When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my
path." Now, to me that is a deeply
refreshing concept. Even though I've never
had to go hide like David did (in a cave) to keep from being tracked down and
killed, I have felt overwhelmed a few times.
What a comfort it is to know that God is not surprised by my
plight. He knows which path I am on and
He knows that path thoroughly. In fact,
I can say the same thing David said with even more confidence and proof than
David had. I live in the age (or era or
dispensation) of grace. God's Son has
endured incarnation. God has always
known everything. But now, He knows
every path that we have to take BECAUSE He has walked every path Himself
(Hebrews 4:15). He understands
experientially because He has trudged each trek and has survived the journey
(Hebrews 7:26). Every pitfall, every
trap and every fork in the trail are perfectly expected and emotionally
understood by God. So, we would be wise
to walk the trails WITH Him, rather than trying to go it alone.
When David was completely bumfuzzled and flabbergasted with
life's painful conundrums, he cried. He
felt trapped. He knew His only hope was
for God to rescue him; to break him out of his jail. And, he fully expected that God would do just
that. God's bountiful supply of goodness and mercy had been aimed David's way
before, and so He expected in faith that God would do it again. Even if no
human cared about David's pain, God cared.
And ultimately, that was enough.
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