Morning
Time: 4:23 AM PST
"The Lord looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men." --Psalm
33:13
Perhaps no figure of speech represents God in a more gracious light than when
He is spoken of as stooping from His throne, and coming down from heaven to
attend to the wants and to behold the woes of mankind. We love Him, who, when
Sodom and Gomorrah were full of iniquity, would not destroy those cities until
He had made a personal visitation of them. We cannot help pouring out our heart
in affection for our Lord who inclines His ear from the highest glory, and puts
it to the lip of the dying sinner, whose failing heart longs after
reconciliation. How can we but love Him when we know that He numbers the very
hairs of our heads, marks our path, and orders our ways? Specially is this great
truth brought near to our heart, when we recollect how attentive He is, not
merely to the temporal interests of His creatures, but to their spiritual
concerns. Though leagues of distance lie between the finite creature and the
infinite Creator, yet there are links uniting both. When a tear is wept by thee,
think not that God doth not behold; for, "Like as a father pitieth his children,
so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Thy sigh is able to move the heart of
Jehovah; thy whisper can incline His ear unto thee; thy prayer can stay His
hand; thy faith can move His arm. Think not that God sits on high taking no
account of thee. Remember that however poor and needy thou art, yet the Lord
thinketh upon thee. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole
earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect
towards Him.
Oh! then repeat the truth that never tires; No God is like the God my soul
desires; He at whose voice heaven trembles, even He, Great as He is, knows how
to stoop to me.