I Know You Are Hurting
We have all been here. Troubles come and start to build on each other. The weight of the stress becomes too much to bare. We pray to God for help. We claim promises we have read in the bible, but nothing changes. It seems that our prayers get about as high as the ceiling only to fall back down again. We are forced to walk over and pick them up again, but now they seem heavier than before. We get up from our knees and face another day already tired because of the stress. There is no more helpless feeling in the world.
I was reading in Exodus 3 where God was talking to Moses from the burning bush. I found some comfort here. To set the stage the Israelites had be enslaved for hundreds of years. They had cried out to God for some relief but just like you it seemed that God could not hear their prayers. In Exodus 3:7-8a God talks to Moses (I’m going to paraphrase this) 7 and the LORD said: “I have seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their masters, for I personally know their sorrows. 8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good land, to a land flowing with milk and honey,.
I don’t know what your struggle is today. Maybe you lost your job, or spouse. Your one person that promised to love you forever decided not to love you anymore. You walked out to start your car, but it refused to start and last time you checked there was no money in your account to fix a car. You may have lost a loved one that was your personal confidant, and you just don’t know how you will go on without them to lean on. You have prayed but like the Israelites you don’t see an answer coming or any relief in sight. Look again at Exodus 3:7-8a and read it with emphasis on the highlighted portion.
3:7-8a (my paraphrase) 7 and the LORD said: “I have seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of their masters, for I personally know their sorrows. 8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good land, to a land flowing with milk and honey,
I don’t care what your troubles are as you read this, I believe God is telling you:
I have seen
I have heard your cry
I know your sorrow
So, I have come
God has seen your troubles and has heard your cry. God knows your sorrow and He will come. Trust God.
My prayer for you today is for peace.
