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God Cares For Me, February 22
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right
hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10
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The Lord is in active communication with every part of His vast dominions.
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He is represented as bending toward the earth and its inhabitants. He is listening
to every word that is uttered. He hears every groan; He listens to every prayer; He
observes the movements of every one....
God has always had a care for His people.... Christ taught His disciples that
the amount of divine attention given to any object is proportionate to the rank
assigned to it in the creation of God. He called their attention to the birds of the
air. Not a sparrow, He said, falls to the ground without the notice of our heavenly
Father. And if the little sparrow is regarded by Him, surely the souls of those for
whom Christ has died are precious in His sight. The value of man, the estimate
God places upon him, is revealed in the cross of Calvary....
God’s mercy and love for the fallen race have not ceased to accumulate, nor
lost their earthward direction.
It is true that disappointments will come; tribulation we must expect; but we are
to commit everything, great and small, to God. He does not become perplexed by
the multiplicity of our grievances, nor overpowered by the weight of our burdens.
His watchcare extends to every household, and encircles every individual; He is
concerned in all our business and our sorrows. He marks every tear; He is touched
with the feeling of our infirmities. All the afflictions and trials that befall us here
are permitted, to work out His purposes of love toward us—“that we might be
partakers of His holiness,” and thus become participants in that fullness of joy
which is found in His presence.
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