Sovereign Grace Church Toronto Blog

RACHAM: Tender Mercies – The Wonder of God’s Mercy

As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! Psalm 40:17

Being unimpressive and totally dependent may repel others around us but, amazingly, Almighty is not repelled but drawn to those in such a condition. The New Living translation renders it “let the Lord keep me in His thoughts” and the King James Version says “yet the Lord thinketh upon me”. Part of the greatness of God is that he is able to not only oversee the universe in its colossal grandeur, but he oversees the minutia of microscopic cell life with equal care and control. He simultaneously hears not only the prayers of millions of people in different languages, but he hears with perfect attentiveness one person’s prayers and concerns. He takes thought for me. Have you ever considered that God cares about you as an individual—everything that makes you unique from all others—he thinks about the “unique you” with attentive thought and consideration?

Pastor Tim Kerr

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