"Consider mine affliction, and delivver me: for I do not forget Thy law."
word for law - law; the beginning of the 20th section - RESH; Consider mine affliction, and deliver me - David is still talking unto the Lord inthis prayer; Two actions are asked for by David, a prayer which no doubt we have made many times as well - Consider and Deliver. But we are praying unto God Who is not ignorant of our situations, probblems and afflictions. He knows it. I have heard many Christians say foolishly, 'why doesn't God know what I am going through?' What?! He knows all of it. that's the wrong question. The question is not, 'Does He know?' the question is 'Why' is this happening? David comes and asks of God to consider his affliction for the purpose of deliverance. If God can take 605,000 men out of Egypt by a mighty hand and deliver them from Pharoah and his army, then can He not take us out of our problems and afflictions and grant us deliverance? Absolutely.
David is not so much addressing God to know his affliction, he knows God knows. He is asking God to consider and compassion and mercy for the sake of his deliverance. when God looks down and sees the sorrow and trials, He has compasssion and mercy toward His own. 'He heard their cries' out of Egypt. When He saw the affliction in the book of Judges after the chidlren of Israel had sinned and God sent them into captivity. The people lifted up their cry to God for help, He heard and responded. consider the plight of our present day, let us see and know where we are and why we are this way. Do you know the condition of your own heart, the state of your family, the condition of the church. Then before you ask God to consider, perhaps you should consider. Many do not take the time for such.
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