EXODUS 3:7-8A

Exodus 3:7-8a

The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

TO PONDER

It’s one of the characteristics of God that I wish I was better at – and that’s listening. It’s something we could all improve on. 

At a session where we shared highs and lows, the leader asked all those present, to share their high and low point for the week. One of the mums in the group opened her heart, which was a real low about the hassles COVID 19 had caused with home schooling. She had some concerns about the education of her children and their welfare. This was a pastoral care issue. However, the leader continued around the group, then proceeded to tell his own story, which appeared to be the purpose of the exercise. It seemed to be ‘I’ll let you share your stories if you listen to mine…which is more important than yours!’. The leader did not listen to what was happening in the group. He missed a pastoral care response that needed prayer. During the session the game had changed, and no other stories were as important as that shared by the mum. Can you recall incidents like that? 

God listens. To everything. And cares. Let’s thank him.  

PRAYER: Father, we thank you for being there – for hanging around us, for listening to our every need. Remind us Lord, that you are the constant – never changing, and always loving. Amen.  

Today's devotion written by Mark Simpfendorfer, LifeWay Epping