Kansas City, Missouri, United States - Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “The God Who Cares” – Tuesday, 24 June 2014 - Scripture: Psalm 144:1-15

Kansas City, Missouri, United States - Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “The God Who Cares” – Tuesday, 24 June 2014 - Scripture: Psalm 144: By David.
1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock,
    who teaches my hands to war,
    and my fingers to battle:
2 my loving kindness, my fortress,
    my high tower, my deliverer,
    my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
    who subdues my people under me.
3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?
    Or the son of man, that you think of him?
4 Man is like a breath.
    His days are like a shadow that passes away.
5 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down.
    Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6 Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
    Send out your arrows, and rout them.
7 Stretch out your hand from above,
    rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,
    out of the hands of foreigners;
8     whose mouths speak deceit,
    Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song to you, God.
    On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
10 You are he who gives salvation to kings,
    who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
    whose mouths speak deceit,
    whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants,
    our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision.
    Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
14 Our oxen will pull heavy loads.
    There is no breaking in, and no going away,
    and no outcry in our streets.
15 Happy are the people who are in such a situation.
    Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.
Hebrews 2:9
“The God Who Cares” by Mark A. Hendrickson
I am the father of two young boys. Suffice it to say our family watches a lot of cartoons. One movie we enjoy watching with the boys is A Bug’s Life. It’s a neat movie because of its perspective. The entire story is told from the perspective of a colony of ants. For these bugs, crossing a small gully is like crossing the Grand Canyon. A small rain shower is a major disaster.
Who are humans that God should be mindful of us? Nothing much, really. We’re small. Compared to the span of time and space, our lives are a drop of water in an ocean. Compared to the height, breadth, and timelessness of God, we’re lower than insects.
That’s what makes the gospel so amazing. God is mindful of us. God does care about our lives. God cares so much about us He becomes one of us. In Jesus, God lives, breathes, and dies as one of the bugs in order to redeem us.

Through this amazing, exceedingly mindful gift, we can actually become the children of God. Even thought from God's perspective  our monetary troubles might be more like a mole hill than a mountain, we can rest in the knowledge He cares.

Hymn for Today:

“His Eye Is On Sparrow” by Civilia Martin
1. Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Refrain:
I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
2. “Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Refrain:
I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
3. Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Refrain:
I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Thought for Today:
“But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.” (Hebrews 2:9)
Prayer Needs:
Many people in Guinea-Bissau will come to know Jesus the Christ, Yeshua the Messiah, and receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
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