God Doesn't Stop Taking Care of You
This month’s devotions are provided by WELS Congregational Services.
Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
The LORD protects and preserves them—
they are counted among the blessed in the land—
he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
The LORD sustains them on their sickbed
and restores them from their bed of illness.Psalm 41:1-3
God is keenly aware of your life lived for him as you live it for others. One children’s song tells us, “He’s got the whole world in his hands.”
Did you know that he loves you so much he actually has you engraved on the palms of his hands (Isaiah 49:16)? In fact, he loves you so much and knew the cost to redeem you from your sins, shame, and hell that the Son of God gave his hands to be pierced for you. He took your punishment on the cross, and you received forgiveness, eternal life, and his undivided attention.
God’s Word tells us that as you keep an eye out for those who struggle or are weak, God is pleased. He promises to take care of you so you can take care of others. A life lived for others is simply a reaction to the life Jesus lived for you so that you have life and peace now and eternally. And the Lord promises to bless that life.
He takes care of you as you take care of others. He doesn’t do it because you are so good and do so many good things. It is his promise to you as his child that he is not going to let you fall or run out. He is pleased as you spend yourself for others. You start to look like your Father in heaven. God takes care of the weak AND those who help the weak.
If you are reading this, God has blessed you. You have his Word, his forgiveness, his love. You are rich. Spend yourself for others so that they know they are loved, forgiven, and freed by Jesus and that their names are written on the palms of his hands, too. You are blessed as you have regard for the weak, “the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.”
God will not stop taking care of you.