Bible Reading: Psalm 37:1-18.
Aim: To comfort us by the Lord’s intimate knowledge of us and our needs.
Introduction: Often we may be tempted to think that the Lord doesn’t know or care about us or about our problems. The following Scriptures show that he does know and care about us.
The Lord knows:
1. Our Way “He knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness.” Deuteronomy 2:7.
“He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10.
“The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” Psalm 1:6.
2. Our Secret Thoughts “He knoweth the secrets of the heart.” Psalm 44:21.
3. Our Frame “The proud he knoweth afar off.” Psalm 138:6.
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Psalm 103:13,14.
4. Them That Trust In Him “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” Nahum 1:7.
5. Our Needs “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. Matthew 6:8,32
6. Our Hearts “God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.” Luke 16:14,15.
7. Them That Are His “The Lord knoweth them that are his.” II Timothy 2:19.
8. When I Sit Down And Stand Up “Thou knoweth my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.” Psalm 139:2.
9. How To Deliver The Godly “The Lord knoweth how to deliver to godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” II Peter 2:9.
Answers – Keith Piper