8 You stupid ones among the people,
pay attention. You fools, when will you understand?
9 Can’t the creator of ears hear? Can’t
the maker of eyes see?
10 Won’t the one who corrects nations
punish you? Doesn’t the teacher of people know everything?
11 The Lord knows what people think. He
knows their thoughts are just a puff of wind.
Thoughts:
When we pray hard about a situation, especially one that we are
very close to, we have our desired wishes in mind about how the situation
should be handled, and I believe that we tend to pray towards that end. Often God
will show us who is in charge, and who knows best, by answering our prayers in
accordance with His perfect will and design. That answer may be exactly along
the lines of what we had pleaded for, or it may be even better in the long run for
the subject of our prayer. I believe that we sometime may question why God
chose to respond in a particular way, and sometimes I believe we may feel like
He may not have heard us at all, or perhaps we may question if He can’t see for
Himself what is going on around us. These verses served to remind me that my
Creator definitely hears me, otherwise why would He have given me ears! He
definitely sees what’s going on around us, especially those things that really
impact the lives of His dear children, otherwise why would He have given us
eyes. If God is without ears or eyes, surely he would not have seen the need to
create us with these extra tools! So friend, stand with me and be reminded that
our God is all powerful, all knowing, sees everything and hears everything. He
showed His power to calm even the rough seas, raise the dead, gave the blind
back their sight and allowed the lame to walk again. What did you say your ‘major’
problem is, especially in light of these miracles wrought by His hands?
Remember friend, He is there all the time for us. Let us learn to reach out to
Him, love Him and depend on Him more so that we might see His mighty works, and
reap the results of His awesome love!
Prayer:
Dear Lord, please teach us to pray in faith believing on the Son
of God and the power and might of His perfect will, and that ALL things are
possible with the touch of Your mighty hand, or the simple word from Your
mouth. Please help us to get off our soap boxes of thinking that we can tell
You what to do. You are the Master, Designer, Creator, Almighty God, and we are
merely Your humble servants bowed before You with outstretched arms fully
dependent on You. Thank You for giving us ears and eyes that enables us to do
Your works here below. But more than that, thank You for the reminder that we are
to continue reaching out to You knowing that You can hear our heart’s plea, and
You can see the wickedness that we encounter around us every day. Thank You for
loving us and caring for us, even in our human weaknesses and frailness.
Hopefully we can be more focused on You today and the power available to us by
our Father who loves us way too much to see us fail or fall. Please be our
guide today. For it is in Your precious and holy name that I ask all this dear
Savior, AMEN!
NOTE: If you have been
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encouragement as you begin, or continue your walk with Jesus. Any words
underlined above will indicate a link to a song that came to mind as I wrote
the devotional. Feel free to click on the link and listen as you continue to
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