He Collects Your Tears

He Collects Your Tears

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.

Psalm 56:8, NLT.

TODAY’S WORD

Do you know how important you are to God? He cares so much about every detail of your life. He cares about your thoughts, feelings and emotions. In fact, what you are going through is so important to Him that He records every sorrow and collects the tears you’ve shed.

Why would God record your sorrows and collect your tears? Because everything that affects you matters to Him. He is your Vindicator. He’s keeping an account of every wrong that’s ever been done to you so that He can make up for every single one of them. He wants to restore to you everything that has ever been stolen. He wants to heal every hurt and pain.

Today, know that God cares about the things that concern you. He cares about the things that hurt you. He is close to the brokenhearted, and He wants to bring you peace and comfort. Turn to Him and receive His love. Let Him bring healing to your heart and restoration to your soul.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, thank You for loving me and for caring about the things that concern me. I choose to give You every hurt, pain and sorrow, knowing that You will make all things new in Your time in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Jesus Came for Your Recovery

5 hours ago 

Rick Warren

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life.” (Matthew 11:28 MSG)

Do you remember the Parable of the Lost Coin that Jesus shares in Luke 15? The woman has 10 coins; she loses one and turns the house upside down to find the missing coin.

In those days, a floor in a Palestinian home was all dirt with straw on top. To do what this woman did meant a serious search!

That’s what Jesus came to do on the very first Christmas. Whether you’ve lost your confidence, your hope, your reputation, or your innocence recently, Kesis came to Earth as a little baby so he could recover you like that woman recovered her coin. “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life” (Matthew 11:28 MSG).

Only Jesus can do that. You can’t depend on the government, your family, or yourself to recover what you’ve lost. Your savior can’t be the person we put in the White House. Your Savior is who we put on the cross. Never look to anyone else for your recovery other than Jesus.

Here are two things to remember about the coin in the Parable of the Lost Coin:

The coin didn’t realize it was lost. Often, neither do we while we’re unconnected to God.

The coin couldn’t find itself. That would be ridiculous! If the woman wasn’t looking for it, the coin would stay lost forever. We would, too, without a Savior.

If we could save ourselves, we wouldn’t need a Savior. But we can’t. You need God to recover whatever you’ve lost.

He’s the only one who can.

Talk About It

You may not consider yourself “lost” because you are a Christian. But, in what other ways do you feel lost?

To whom or what do you look for your salvation from these situations or areas in which you feel lost?

To find out more about how you can have a relationship with God, watch the video “A Fresh Start with God” at saddleback.com/resources/freshstartwithGod.