Cry unto the LORD!

Thought for Today - December 24, 2024

Cry unto the LORD!

By; rOBERT a. sEARLES

  Jesus, in the garden, cried and cried to God in such agony that he sweat great drops of blood.  Jesus told the story of the man who was asleep with his family, and his neighbor came pounding on his door and nagging him.  He had to open the door because of his constant nagging.  Jesus likened this to God answering us if we are consistent and constant in prayer.  God answers those who believe  in him enough to keep pounding at his door and crying unto him like dear children.

     “And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs  which he had brought against Pharaoh.” Exodus 8: 12

  “And the people murmured against Moses, saying, what shall we drink?   And he (Moses) cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a  statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them.,”Exodus 15: 24, 25

     “In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his heart.  Then the earth shook and trembled;  the  foundations of heaven moved and shook because he was wroth.” 2 Samuel 22: 7,8

  “The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”  Psalm 34: 17

     “And the Lord said, 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;....Exodus 3: 7

  Egypt is a type of the world in which we  live, surrounded by sin and corruption.  As God heard the cry of the children of Israel while they were in Egypt and delivered them, so he will hear our cry from our surroundings and deliver us.

     “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,. Lama sabachthani ?  That is to say, my God,  my God,  Why hast thou forsaken me?”  Matthew 27: 46

  Jesus  thought it to be effective to cry aloud with a loud voice to God.  In the coming kingdom of God there will be no more need for  crying and nagging because our inheritance will be in our hands, and we will be in the presence of God. 

     “And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.” Isaiah 65: 19 

 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.” Revelations 21:4

     While we are  still here on earth, waiting for the return of the Lord, and waiting for his kingdom to come, what a privilege we have to come crying to God as his dear children.

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                                PSALM 26: 7