God Really Cares

Does God care if you can’t pay your rent? Does God care if there is no food in your house? Does God care if you are depressed or oppressed? YES, God Cares!

Hebrews 4:15-16, "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

In my spirit, I can sense the pain and concern that God feels for each of us this morning. As I lay there for a long while, my mind and heart was filled with concern for each face that God brought before me.

I saw those who knew that God was leading them but they didn’t know where He was leading – so they lived in a sort of limbo, spiritually speaking, not knowing which way to go or what to do next. I say to you this morning, Hold On! Stand still and listen to the voice of the Lord. Let go of your worry and let God do the leading in His time and in His way. If the cloud or the pillar of fire doesn’t move then you should be still and wait upon the Lord too.

I saw those who lives have been deeply hurt through the uncaring attitudes of other people. Some who have seen their hearts ripped apart and their lives left in shambles because another person mistreated you and forsook you and left you dying within as they walked away. God would say to you this morning - Matthew 11:28, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

God really cares about your hurting heart and He knows your concerns for the future. Put your future in His hands. God will not fail you. He will take those burdens of depression, doubt and fear of being left alone and He will give you peace. God has always had great dreams for your life and His dreams for you will yet come to pass, no matter what may have happened to derail your life. God is able to put you back on track again if you will just wait upon the Lord and let Him do the work in your life.

I saw those children and teenagers whose parents don’t act like parents and those whose parents are split up. Some of our kids have never known what it was to have a loving mother and father to watch over them and protect them and provide for them. In our society, broken homes and wrecked marriages abound and there are countless kids who wonder what happened and was it my fault?

I don’t know who hurts the most, the kids who once had both a loving mother and father and lost that family relationship, or those kids who have never known what it was like to have both parents who really cared! Either way, it is always the kids who seem to get the worst end of a wrecked family relationship.

To each of you kids who have face this situation and been so deeply hurt by the words and deeds of parents who don’t get along with each other and often take it out on you – God says, Matthew 19:14, "… suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."