The Ravens Cry

Not to say that we do not love our pets, but are not our loved ones immensely more important and precious to us. Thus it is with God, all of His creation is precious to Him, yet are not those made in His image more so?

Therefor when we call on God, when we cry out to Him let us give Him the opportunity to do that which He loves to do, that which He delights in. Micah 7:18 tells us; “Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.”

Let us seek the mercy of God through prayer. I also would point you the story of the prodigal son found in Luke 15. Read that parable that teaches us the God rejoices giving us mercy, He rejoices in saving sinners, He rejoices in seeing His children come to Him.

The fourth truth to look at is the fact that no where in the Bible are ravens commanded to cry. When they cry out theirs is a petition that does not have a source in any exhortation from the Lord. Yet we on the other hand are commanded to pray. If the Lord welcomes those which He has not invited, how much more will He welcome those who are invited.

This was topic that we spoke of last week. Remember our passage from last week? Jer. 33:3; “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” We have the command to call to God. The raven receives without being called, would God deny those whom He has commanded to pray.

As I stated last week there is perhaps to command that is repeated more often in all of Scripture then the command to pray. We are all commanded to pray. Whether we are saved or unsaved. To the saved the Lord commands in Psa 50:15; Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me." To the unsaved the Lord is commanding you; “For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.” That is the command that goes out to those who have never trusted in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.

So whether you are saved or unsaved you have a command to pray. And just as the Lord hears the call of the raven, He will hear your call.

The fifth truth I will point out is that the cry of the young raven is nothing more the a natural cry of a creature. It is it’s natural response to hunger. Yet if you cry out to God, and our sincere it is a result of a work of grace in your heart.

When the raven cries out for food for its belly it is nothing but the raven itself crying out. But when you cry out “God be merciful to me a sinner” it is a cry that come by the Holy Spirit of God.

It is by the Spirit of God that we cry out to our heavenly Father. The Word of God in Romans 8:15 tells us; “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father.”

Prayer is not a natural thing like the cry of raven it is a spiritual thing. We can teach our children to say their prayers, but we cannot teach them to pray. We can make a prayer book, but we cannot place prayer in-between cardboard covers. We can read prayers, in fact I read a book of prayers as part of my quit time with the Lord, but we may read those prayers for 100 years and never pray. Prayer my friends is quite a different thing then just words.