Jan. 31
GOD ALWAYS HEARS
"My God will hear me." Micah 7:7
Friends may be unfaithful, but the Lord will not turn away from the
gracious soul; on the contrary, He will hear all its desires. The
prophet says, "Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy
bosom. A man's enemies are the men of his own house." This is a
wretched state of affairs; but even in such a case the Best Friend
remains true, and we may tell Him all our grief.
Our wisdom is to look unto the Lord, and not to quarrel with men or
women. If our loving appeals are disregarded by our own relatives, let
us wait upon the God of our salvation, for He will hear us. He will
hear us all the more because of the unkindness and oppression of
others, and we shall soon have reason to cry, "Rejoice not against me,
O mine enemy!"
Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is a loving
God, He will hear; because He is our covenant God, He has bound
Himself to hear us. If we can each one speak of Him as "My God," we
may with absolute certainty say, My God will hear me." Come, then, O
bleeding heart, and let thy sorrows tell themselves out to the Lord
thy God! I will bow the knee in secret, and inwardly whisper, "My God
will hear me."
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