390. God Hears
Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
God promises over and over again to hear us. He always knows our needs, and He will always respond to our prayers. Because all God’s promises in Christ are “yea and amen” we can say with confidence: “My God will hear me.” This kind of promise encourages us and motivates us to pray and talk to the Lord any time and all the time. Even though the Lord cannot always answer our prayer requests according to our will,He does promise to hear and listen and respond and care and comfort.
Because God makes such a promise “I will look unto the Lord and wait for the God of my salvation.” As a sinner, I do not look to the Lord for everything, but as a redeemed child of God, the Lord who lives in me does indeed look unto the Lord for every good. This is the essence of the First Commandment: fear, love, and trust in God above all things. The sanctified Christian, as a result of the Holy Spirit prompting us within, looks to the Lord alone for every good.
We have constant temptations to look to the empty promises of the things we can see and semi-control: we look to ourselves and our abilities, our money and means, science and technology, other people and institutions, family and friends, and other things for help in time of need. Anything else in either the physical or spiritual world will disappoint, let us down, lie, and not keep their empty promises. Only the Lord will do and can do what He says. For this reason we trust in Him alone. He can hear me because He is God; He wants to hear me because He loves me and has compassion. The Lord is ever waiting you us to call on His Name.
Because God makes a promise “I will wait for the God of my salvation.” I wait for His perfect timing. Waiting necessitates patience; patience requires faith; faith is simple trust that God saves. I know He is my salvation because I have seen the Cross and the Empty Tomb. I look at the cross and I have no doubt that God loves and cares and hears. Jesus says, “I promise.”