Sunday, February 4, 2024

Who Cares

Got questions like these?  Why do I feel like the heavens are brass and no one is listening to my cry for help?  Why aren’t things going the way I think they should go?  Why do I feel alone in the trials surrounding me?  Why does my faith seem to waver when facing circumstances beyond my control?

I guess the real questions are these... Is God really concerned about the affairs of mankind, or is He too busy keeping the planets in their orbit, preventing them from crashing into each other?  How can the creator of the universe take time to hear my prayers with eight billion other people needing His help at the same time?

In my mind it seems like an impossible task for God to concern Himself with everyone’s needs especially this generation of ungrateful, self-centered people that reject Him.  Does He truly care?  If the Bible is infallible and without error as Bible scholars everywhere claim it to be, the answer is a resounding Yes!

(John 3:16-18) “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”  (17) “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”  (18) “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

Who cares?  I emphatically proclaim that God Almighty cares!  He stated in His Word that humanity could cast all their cares upon Him, because He loves without measure, which is an everlasting, agape love—free to whoever will.  It is up to everyone what they do with this gift.

(1 Peter 5:6,7) “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, (7) casting all your care upon Him for He cares for you.”

I do not know how today’s society can doubt that an awesome God cares for them.  It must be that His love goes beyond the intellect of the finite mind, which makes it difficult to grasp that there is a Supreme Being who is full of compassion, who is a God of miracles.  We must take it by faith and not lean upon our natural thinking.  Yes, we are undeserving of His love, but He loved us anyway.

The Bible says that our righteousness is as filthy rags in the sight of God, but the bottom line is this, though we are sinners, God still loved us that He gave His Son to die on a cross for our sins.  Jesus paid the full price for our transgressions.

I am living proof that God’s love and grace was extended to me when I was sinking in sin, going down for the last time when He heard my cry for help.  Who cares?  God cares!

I am sure if it were not for the Lord’s intervention, I would not be here today.  He had mercy upon my soul and gave me a new life in Him.  Old things passed away and all things became new in Christ Jesus.  He is Lord of my life and I thank Him everyday for the peace of mind He gave and the hope of eternal life in heaven when I pass from this life.  How much more can a person want than this?

If God did not care about you and me, He would not have given His only begotten Son.  Jesus paid a debt He did not owe, and I owed a debt I could not pay.  Judgement was my lot, but He gave me mercy instead.

Think about it, could you sacrifice yourself for someone that hated you or sacrifice your child for a world of sinners?  God did exactly this.  Does God really care about our needs?  In that God’s Word is true, I can say with confidence that He really cares about us and will supply our needs according to His riches in glory, because He loves us unconditionally.

God has never failed me.  Though I feel, at times, that I want things now, it may take a while for the answer to come, because He might be teaching me patience.  Remember, our timeclock is not God’s timeclock, but He has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us.

Jesus wants to be involved in every area of our life, whether big or small.  He is never too busy to hear our heart’s cry.  He said that we can ask and then receive.  Our petition is before Him because we left it at the altar.  We can now walk in peace, knowing that He cares and wants the very best for us.

(Matthew 7:7,8) “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”  (8) “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

Written by,

Papa Boyd 

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