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“Did you know that God never takes His eyes off you?”

A thought by Mark Batterson from his book, Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God (p. 181). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Did you know that?

Mark says, “Do you know why? Because you’re the apple of His eye! (See Psalm 17:8) Not only that, His ear is tuned to your voice, so tuned that He hears more than words.”

Psalm 5:1, (HCSB) says, “Listen to my words, LORD; consider my sighing.”

Mark then says, “A sigh is a long, deep breath. It’s a physiological response to sadness. And it’s very similar to the gentle whisper of the still small voice. Sighing is what we do when we don’t know what to say. But according to the psalmist, it’s more than a low-frequency distress signal; it’s a wordless prayer.

“The death of my father-in-law, Bob Schmidgall, might rank as the greatest shock of my life. At fifty-five years of age, he was in the prime of life. He had even been given a clean bill of health by his doctor two days before the heart attack that took him home. During those days of intense grieving, I found myself sighing incessantly. That’s when I happened upon three words that are some of the most comforting in all Scripture: ‘Consider my sighing.’ (Psalm 5:1 HCSB)”

Mark goes on, “Even in our most profound pain, God hears us. He is so intimately tuned to us that He hears our wordless sighs. Not only that, He intercedes for us with wordless groans. (See Romans 8:26) And that’s precisely what we would hear if we could hear a little better. We’d also hear those surround-sound songs of deliverance. Just as His mercies are new every morning, (See Lamentations 3:22–23) His loving intercessions never cease.”

They never do because he really, really does care about you.  He really does

So, what is it you are sighing about today?
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