He Is Mindful Of Us
Rev. Nana Folson
Do not think you are all alone though you may feel lonely. Do not accept the negative feelings. Be assured God is mindful of you and is really concerned about you. Observe the following scripture readings
Psalm 115:12 ‘The LORD has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.’ (KJV)
1sam. 2: 8 “He raises from the dust the poor, from a dunghill He lifts up the needy to sit with nobles…” (KJV)
also
Psalm 145:9 The LORD [is] good to all, And His tender mercies [are] over all His work…(KJV)
Psalm 9:9,18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever. (KJV)
From these verses we can say God is concerned about the needy and therefore reaches out to them. In fact, Jesus asked us his disciples to feed the hungry shelter the destitute and clothe the naked.
Think about it, if he was not concerned about the needy why would He be asking His disciples to feed the hungry and take care of the homeless? Jesus makes us know that God is not pleased about the plight of such as are mentioned above. He instructs us to help. This shows He is willing and ready to lift the one in need and the poor out of their state (as Hannah said in 1Sam 2:8). God is so concerned about the needy that He used helping others in need to determine whether supposed to be Christians or followers of Christ would be denied access to Heaven.
Matt 7:21 says ”Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. (KJV)
And Matt 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? (KJV)
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did itnot to one of the least these, ye did it not to me. (KJV)
Jesus made it quite clear that he was concerned about the poor and needy; and that taking care of the poor is a bench mark to determine whether we are doing the will of God or not. So friend, God is concerned about you and in fact is sending people to help you. Amen
The situation was no different when Jesus was on earth. The religious leaders showed a complete lack of concern for the poor and needy. The religious leaders were described as “money lovers” who ‘devoured the houses of the widows’ and who were more concerned about keeping their traditions than caring for the aged and the needy. ( Luke 16:14; 20:47; Matthew 15:5, 6 ) It is of interest that in Jesus’ parable of the good Samaritan, a priest and a Levite on seeing an injured man walked past him on the opposite side of the road rather than turn aside to help him.— Luke 10:30-37 .
When He fed the five thousand and some time later four thousand (Matt. 16:9-10), Jesus did so because He was concerned that they were hungry (Mark 8:2). Due to His compassion He wanted to meet their need. All of us are recipients of His love, mercy, and care. He simply asks us to respond to others as He has to us.
You notice that to. It is all about money for fine buildings and rich preachers and fancy stuff. Give and God will give to you. What ever happened to lets help the poor and needy and not do it expecting anything back?
Verse 28. – So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him. Elihu views the wicked man as almost certainly an oppressor, whose misdeeds “cause the cry of the poor to come before God,” and provoke God, the Avenger of the poor and needy, to visit him with chastisement. And he heareth the cry of the afflicted (comp. Exodus 2:23, 24 ; Exodus 22:23, 24 ; Psalm 12:5 , etc.) God’s ears are ever open to the cry of the oppressed, and his hand is ever heavy upon those who “afflict” the weak and defenceless ( Isaiah 1:24 ; Isaiah 3:12-15 ; Amos 5:11, 12 ; Micah 3:1-4 ; Habakkuk 1:13 ).