He Hears Your Cry

God is touched by your tears. He hears the sound of your cry and is moved with compassion to meet you in your time of need.

He even hears the voiceless cry, that deep sigh in the heart where the sound has been muted by pain and sorrow. Like the cry of Hannah whose lips only moved but no words escaped her lips. Added to her misery, Eli, the High Priest, thought she was drunk. Her deepest cry was for a male child to call her own. When God granted her desire, she was no longer bereaved. She was so satisfied by God's supernatural miracle, she loaned Samuel to the Lord (I Samuel 1:28).

The cry no matter what sound or form it takes, it's a language God understands. He knows what is really happening in the deep places of the heart. Though your emotions may be impacted by the discomfort, the pain is nevertheless real.

Many years ago, while attending a Bible training school in Scotland, the speaker asked for all the men from the United Kingdom to come forward who have desired to cry. The request surprised me until I learned there was a difference in the American and British culture. I watched as the speaker prayed over them so they can be free to weep before God. Many of them had experienced a lot of pain in their early years but crying was an emotion not to be publicly expressed.

These promises are for us when we go through a challenging season of sorrow. Notice the "time factor" in these verses - only a moment - before comfort and joy follows.

"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." (Psalms 30:5 NIV). Also, "When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings." (Psalms 84:6, NLT).

And the most precious Scripture, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." (Revelations 21:4 KJV).