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God’s Concern for His People, December 16
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his
inheritance.
Psalm 94:14
.
The Lord God of heaven is in communication with the fallen inhabitants of
this world. He is not regardless of our world and its variety of concerns. The Lord
is represented in His Word as bending toward earth and its inhabitants who are
deceived and annoyed and deluded by satanic agencies. He is listening to every
word that is uttered.
When Moses turned aside at the sight of the burning bush that was not con-
sumed, the Lord called, “Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And he said,
Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon
thou standest is holy ground. 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” (
Exodus 3:4-6
).
Now mark the words of the Lord: “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; and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of
the Egyptians” (
Verses 7, 8
)....
The Lord is not regardless of His people, and He will punish and reprove
everyone who oppresses them. He hears every groan; He listens to every prayer;
He observes the movements of everyone; He approves or condemns every action.
The Lord of heaven is represented as raising up the fallen. He is the Friend of
all who love and fear Him, and He will punish everyone who dares to lead them
astray from safe paths, putting them in positions of distress as they conscientiously
endeavor to keep the way of the Lord and reach the abodes of the righteous.
Not a sparrow falleth to the ground without the notice of your heavenly Father.
Then let men be careful how, by word or action, they cause one of God’s little
ones sorrow or grief. If the little sparrow that has no soul cannot fall to the ground
without the notice of our heavenly Father, surely the souls of those for whom
Christ has died are precious; and will not God judge those who cause pain or
disappointment to the hearts of those for whom Christ has given His life? ...
Who can measure or anticipate the gift of God? For ages, sin [has] interrupted
the divine flow of benevolence to man, but that mercy and great love purchased
for the fallen race has not ceased to accumulate; it has not lost its earthward
direction.... God lives and reigns, and in Christ He has poured forth on the world a
healing flood. Our Saviour has made every provision for man.—
Manuscript 142,
December 16, 1897
, “God’s Care for His Workers.”
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