Mon., 2/19/18 Devotion (Ex. 2:24)

Today's encouragement comes from Exodus 2:24, where we read these words:

"So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abra-ham, with Isaac, and with Jacob."

What a sweet couplet (above). God *hears* us, His beloved church, groaning, and He *remembers* His covenant with us in Christ. Could it be that our an-guish stirs God's compassion (as it were); and that He refreshes and renews the benefits of the covenant He has made with us, His church, in Jesus' blood?

Let us go to the Lord today, even with our groaning; but let us not forget to bring our faith, too. We could never *do* enough to move God to do anything for us; but our unfeigned (though imperfect) faith in the perfect Savior (Jesus) is more than pleasing to Him.

[Puritan quote of the day: "He who does not love God is a beast with a man's head.” —Thomas Watson, in, "All Things for Good"]