Sermons | Our God Hears, Remembers, Looks, and Is Concerned

On Monday night, I joined the large group for one of the Christian organizations on my college campus. Even though I was half an hour late due to downloading Bootcamp onto my MacBook, God gave me a message through the speaker that I needed to hear.

We dug into the story of Moses in Exodus. The speaker, Amy, throughout her message talked about the difference between descriptive and prescriptive. Descriptive describes what is being done and prescriptive is simply telling them what to do. The story of Moses is a descriptive one, he is a flawed character just like most of all of us.

Again, I missed parts of the passage, the big overall message of the night for me was that sometimes we feel like God isn't there at all. It makes us ask where He is because we don't see Him acting in our life some times. Amy mentioned to her family how we were going through Exodus this semester, her grandma said, "God has been with His people for a very long time." This gave me a huge relief, and just an overwhelming sense of comfort.

When the Israelites were suffering and crying out for help in Egypt, "God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them." Exodus 2:24-25.

I love that. God was concerned about them. God looks at all of us. And He remembers us and gets concerned about each one of use. Even in the areas where we feel like He isn't pulling His weight through, God is concerned about us and looks at us. 

The night before, on Sunday, I had forgotten for a bit. This might some pathetic or petty, but I was just going through relationship problems, not feeling loved by my significant other and just confused about if it was all going in the right direction and if this is what God wants me to do (he's claims to be a non-believer). In my distress, I cried out to God, Why God? Where are you? I need you so much. Why did you put him in my life? I wish you could just tell me your plan for me and what I should do with this relationship. I should have known that God was right there though, concerned about me. Later that night after those distressing thoughts, I got a reassuring call from my boyfriend showing and letting me know that he loves me. It made me feel so much better, giving my heart an uplifting feel and forgiving all the reasons I was mad and frustrated. And I'm guessing now that this is part of His plan, but we can never be precisely sure. When I went to sleep that night I hadn't really thought about God giving me that reassuring call because He was concerned and actually looking at me. But hearing the end of Amy's message on Monday night let me know that it was no coincidence. 


Our God: He does hear you, remember you, look at you, and is concerned about and for you. Next time someone is telling you their troubles, I encourage you to encourage them with one of these truths.

My favorite: God looks at us.