God Always Hears
We can be certain that God will hear us because He is the living, loving, and covenant God.
C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes that despite the unfaithfulness of friends and family, God remains a faithful listener to our sorrows and desires. He encourages believers to turn to the Lord in times of distress, reminding them that God, as a living and loving covenant partner, is always ready to hear their cries. Spurgeon reassures that even in the face of betrayal or oppression, God's attentiveness is heightened, and He invites the hurting to express their grief to Him. The sermon highlights the personal relationship one can have with God, affirming that when we call Him 'My God,' we can trust that He will indeed hear us.
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My God will hear me. (Micah 7:7)
Friends may be unfaithful, but the Lord will not turn away from the gracious soul; on the contrary, He will hear all its desires. The prophet says, "Keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. A man's enemies are the men of his own house." This is a wretched state of affairs; but even in such a case the Best Friend remains true, and we may tell Him all our grief.
Our wisdom is to look unto the Lord and not to quarrel with men or women. If our loving appeals are disregarded by our relatives, let us wait upon the God of our salvation, for He will hear us- He will hear us all the more because of the unkindness and oppression of others, and we shall soon have reason to cry, "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy!"
Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is a loving God, He will hear; because He is our covenant God, He has bound Himself to hear us. If we can each one speak of Him as "My God," we may with absolute certainty say, "My God will hear me." Come, then, O bleeding heart, and let thy sorrows tell themselves out to the Lord thy God! I will bow the knee in secret and inwardly whisper, "My God will hear me."
Sermon Outline
- God's Faithfulness
- Our Wisdom
- God's Ability to Hear
- God is the living God
- God is a loving God
- God is our covenant God
Key Quotes
“My God will hear me.” — C.H. Spurgeon
“Come, then, O bleeding heart, and let thy sorrows tell themselves out to the Lord thy God!” — C.H. Spurgeon
“I will bow the knee in secret and inwardly whisper, 'My God will hear me.'” — C.H. Spurgeon
Application Points
- We should look unto the Lord and not quarrel with men or women in difficult circumstances.
- We can be certain that God will hear us because of His character as the living, loving, and covenant God.
- We should wait upon the God of our salvation, even when our loving appeals are disregarded by our relatives.