Does God care?
1 Peter 5:6-7, “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you.”
If He does why do things happen this way? If He cares, why do I need to face this problem, this sickness, this brokenness, this loneliness, this circumstance? These questions and a lot more have become very familiar in our days and in every generation. In this article I will do my best to convince you and let you know that God does care…for you.
Life is a cycle. Some days you feel so high up in cloud nine, other days you feel like your dumped down under. There are days you consider you’re in heaven and days as if you’re in hell. That’s life.
Life is like seasons. Sometimes you feel so alive like spring, so hot and excited like summer, so afraid and uncertain like fall and so cold, numb, hopeless, gloomy, bored and lifeless like winter.
When the going gets tough, the tough gets going is one popular adage we say often. But what about those who are not tough? Those who are weak, discouraged, unmotivated, those who lost their passion in life? What about those times when you feel like nobody cares, you feel so alone, when nobody knows what you are going through and no one is asking how are you.
In times of confusion, doubts, uncertainties and worries. In times of hardships when you feel like being pressed. In times of chaos. In times of personal and relational battles where you feel you cannot fight anymore. The struggles never stop and you feel you don’t have the strength left. In times when your are in your lowest point and others are happy about it. Then in the deepness of your soul you’re asking, “Does anybody care?” and “Does God really care for me?”
If you’re asking these questions, allow me to show you some verses from the Bible that can help you realize that God does care.
Does God know what you are going through? Hebrews 4:13, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight…”
Does God sympathize with your feelings and weaknesses? Hebrews 4:14-15, “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who have been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin.”
Does God help when you are tempted? Hebrews 2:18, “Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
Does God give counsel when you are confused? Psalm 1:1-2, “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Proverbs 2:5-6, “then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
Does God give direction when you don’t know which way to go? Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” John 14:6, “Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Does God cry when you’re crying? John 11:33, “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.” John 11:35, “Jesus wept.”
I can quote more and more scriptures to show you my friend and dear reader that indeed God knows what is happening in your life right now and at the same time God cares for you and He wants to let you know that He is always there for you. Either you can feel Him or not, either you are convinced of it or not, but the fact remains, that our God cares, period.
He cares because He loves you. He cares because He treasures you. He cares because He has a wonderful plan for your life. He cares because in all of His creation, you are unique, one of a kind, so special, so valuable. He cares because your life, your soul is worth more than all the wealth of the world. He cares because He knows from whom you were likened to – in His very own image and likeness. He cares because He has set eternity in your heart and just like Him you are an eternal being – you will exist forever. He cares because He knows that all hardships and struggles you are going through at the moment, you will outlast them all, for they are only temporary and you are for eternity.
Will I go on convincing you that God really cares? Or all of what I’ve already written is enough? Okay, one last point before I end this article. God does care otherwise, He would not have given up His very own life for you on that Calvary’s cross. But He did. He willingly stretched forth His hands, allowed the Roman soldiers to nail them, to send a message to you, to me and to all of us that God really care.