He Does Hear and Respond

Psalm 142 and 143 give us examples of what the Lord does in response to us when we reach out to Him. This provides me with peace and comfort and I hope it does to You as well.

What we do or need to do:

•We cry aloud and lift up our voices - Psalm 142:1

•We pour out our complaints and tell of our troubles - Psalm 142:2

•We cry and proclaim that The Lord is our refuge - Psalm 142:5

•We remember, meditate, and consider all that He has done - Psalm 143:5

•We spread out our hands as our souls thirst for Him -Psalm 143:6

•We put our trust in Him and lift our souls up to the Lord - Psalm 143:8

•We hide ourselves in Him - Psalm 143:9

What the Lord does in response:

•He listens to our cries and rescues us - Psalm 142:6

•He sets us free - Psalm 142:7

•He hears our prayers and listens to our cries - Psalm 143:1

•He answers us and doesn't hide His face from us - Psalm 143:7

•He shows us the way - Psalm 143:8

•He rescues us - Psalm 143:9

•He teaches and leads us - Psalm 143:10

For every time we turn to the Lord, He reaches out and responds. He will never leave us in any place alone. We are His children and He is pursuing us. He pursues us no matter where we are in life because He wants nothing more and desires nothing more than a relationship, intimate and pure, with us. And you know what, He deserves nothing less.

Who doesn't want to be pursued and loved? We have a desire that can only be satisfied by Christ Himself. He is our Groom and we are His Bride. As filthy and undeserving as we are, He still desires us. His love is so deep and wide that we cannot fathom. We will never fully be able to understand a desire or love like that. We aren't supposed to, instead we are called to trust in it.

His arms are open. All we need to do is fall into them.

"And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." -- Ephesians 3:17-19