Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | January 19, 2025

“the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame”

Today’s devotion comes from 2 Kings 14:17-29.  Here is a link to this Scripture – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2014&version=NASB1995

I quote only the following verses.

“In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.  He did evil in the sight of the LORD;  he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin.  He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.  For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter;  for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel.  The LORD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.”  2 Kings 14:23-27.

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The LORD sees our suffering and has compassion on us.  

“8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
14 For He Himself knows our frame;
He is mindful that we are but dust.” Psalm 103:8-14.


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