How God Responds To Tears

Exodus 2:24-25

Theme: Child

Key verse: v.3

25 verses; 657 words

Grade level: 3.6

Outline:

The Cry Heard In A Home. vs.1-4

The Cry Heard From The Helpless. vs.5-10

The Cry Heard By A Hebrew. vs.11-15

The Cry Heard In A Hassle. vs.16-22

The Cry Heard In Heaven. vs.23-25

The cause of their tears. v.23

23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

The care of their tears. vs.24-25

Here we learn about the RESPONSES of God to the tears of people.

I. God Heard. v.24a

24 And God heard their groaning,

Genesis 21:17 “And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.”

Psalm 138:3 “In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.”

II. God Remembered. v.24b

and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

“God remembered” - occurs 4 times: here and…

Genesis 8:1 “And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;”

Genesis 19:29 “And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.”

Genesis 30:22 “And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.”

III. God Looked. v.25a

25 And God looked upon the children of Israel,

2 Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.”

IV. God Had. v.25b

and God had respect unto them.

Psalm 1:6 “For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

Psalm 55:22 “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”

Conclusion:

Have you been in tears?

Psalm 126:5 “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”