Post by Lee on Mar 22, 2014 21:42:15 GMT
"Ye are of more value than many sparrows" (Luke 12:7).
God is concerned with what happens to His elect, but in the process of waiting and watching and praying for His merciful kindness there must be the exercise of patience and trust. We must never give up and feel that God does not care. The parable of the unjust judge was recorded for the very purpose that we should always pray and not faint.
"Shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
I tell you that He will avenge them speedily" (Luke 18:7-8).
The danger lies not in the possibility of God forgetting us or ignoring us, it lies with ourselves. Shall we grow faint and weary with asking? It would seem to carry a warning in this manner, for the Master's sobering words immediately follow—
"Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8).
1954 Berean
God is concerned with what happens to His elect, but in the process of waiting and watching and praying for His merciful kindness there must be the exercise of patience and trust. We must never give up and feel that God does not care. The parable of the unjust judge was recorded for the very purpose that we should always pray and not faint.
"Shall not God avenge His own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them?
I tell you that He will avenge them speedily" (Luke 18:7-8).
The danger lies not in the possibility of God forgetting us or ignoring us, it lies with ourselves. Shall we grow faint and weary with asking? It would seem to carry a warning in this manner, for the Master's sobering words immediately follow—
"Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8).
1954 Berean