F4S: Do you feel like.. or are you alone?

Friday, January 26, 2024

Do you feel like.. or are you alone?

"Look on my right hand (the point of attack), and see; for there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul." Psalm 142:4

"..no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me;.no one cares a bit what happens to me." nlt

The God of the Bible sees you, He gets it (fully understands) and genuinely cares.  Jesus came and proved it. On a lonely cross at Calvary. This God-man (now alive) really cares about you and those toiling day-in and day-out to survive far away..and with no less care.

“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him” (1 John 4:9).

God also shows His care in that He prompts the followers of Christ to help alleviate world hunger. God is currently working to feed the hungry children of the world through many Christian agencies—Compassion International, World Vision, World Help, Feed the Hungry, Samaritan’s Purse—the list could go on and on. Christian missionaries are all over the world helping people with their basic needs while teaching them God’s Word. They do this out of love for their Lord and love for people. They do this because they “are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works” (Ephesians 2:10).

"Schaue zur Rechten und siehe! da will mich niemand kennen. Ich kann nicht entfliehen; niemand nimmt sich meiner Seele an." Luther bibel

God is good and cares - always, He never hasn't been good. Kind all the time! But it is often discouraging to see such evil and suffering in the world. We know that evil exists not because of God, but because of Satan, sin, and the fallen condition of mankind. We do not give up hope. We “resist in the evil day” (Ephesians 6:13, nasb). 

We love our neighbors as ourselves, for the sake of Him who “so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son” (John 3:16). One day, our Lord will make all things right, and “no longer will there be any curse” (Revelation 22:3).