“The Lord isn’t looking,” they say ...
Is he deaf—the one who made your ears?
Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?
Psalm 94:7,9
Have you ever felt that God isn't looking? Isn't caring? Isn't paying attention to the desperate situation in your life?
Pastor Fran came to me recently with a book recommendation: Phillip Yancey's, "The Question that Never Goes Away: Why?"
Is that sometimes your question?
Yes, could say the first line of today's verses as a boast: "The Lord isn't looking [therefore, I can get away with whatever I want]." (That's really the context of this Psalm -- boastful enemies of Israel. Nevertheless ...)
We could also say these lines as a desperate plea -- Isn't the Lord looking? Doesn't he care? I am drowning! I am desperate! Help!
That's the heart.
And the pains are real. Whelming. Over-whelming.
Psalm 94 helps us balance our aching heart with the logic of heaven.
The next time that you are pondering whether God is watching, listening, caring, try to logic of verse 9:
Is [the Lord] deaf—the one who made your ears?
Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?
The Lord is bigger than you. He sees more. He hears all. He "knows people's thoughts" (verse 11). He hears your every cry. Indeed, the one who stitched together your caring heart has more love, compassion, generosity, righteous indignation, and tears than your caring heart.
God is listening. Caring. When your heart aches, trust that he sees and cares. Trust that he will rescue -- maybe not on your preferred schedule, but in the end, and in ways that still bring life.
That's head knowledge ... for when a heart is heavy. It helps a little. But that balance keeps us sane.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who has a heart
because God has a heart
(a guy who is balding
because he wants to
keep me humble)
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