His Ears Are Open To Their Cry
Come,
O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Which of you
desires life, and covets many days to enjoy good? Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace,
and pursue it.
The
eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. The
face of the LORD is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from
the earth. When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears, and rescues them
from all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the
crushed in spirit.
Many
are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD rescues them from them all.
He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken. Evil brings death to
the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. The LORD
redeems the life of his servants; none of those who
take refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalm 34:11-22
We
all have storms in our lives. It could be our family, our job, our health, our
finances, or our spiritual health. There will be lightning. But think about
being a child again, and sitting on a porch watching the lightning come over.
There is a certain peacefulness in it, when you trust
God.
Keep
low when the lightning strikes. The same is true when we are caught in the
storms of life. We must assume a low spiritual posture. That means we need to
humble ourselves before the LORD, because pride and rebellion can harden us. We
must speak truthfully, depart from evil, do good, and
seek peace. Our heavenly Father wants us to stay close to Him when our hearts
are hurting so He can impart His renewing strength and healing love.
We
will get drenched in the driving rains of adversity, and sometimes its fierce
winds will buffet us so severely that we are almost swept off our feet. With
each blinding flash of lightning we may feel strongly tempted to get up and
run. But keeping a low spiritual profile of humility and fear of God is the
surest and safest way to weather the storm. David assured us that those who
trust God in life’s storms will not be condemned.
God doesn’t shield us from life’s storm;
He shelters us in life’s storms.
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