The Capability of God

How capable is God to handle and help us through devastating times?

God Cares

“What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:4)

Jesus said in Luke 12:7 that if God takes care of the sparrow that neither sows or reaps, then how much more will He take care of our needs as well, because we’re of far greater value than many sparrows. And then in John 10:14 Jesus proclaims that He is the good shepherd who takes care of us, and that’s because He knows everything about us.

God Comforts

Through Isaiah, the Lord emphatically states that He is our comfort.

“I, even I, am He who comforts you.” (Isaiah 51:12)

This is picked up by Paul who said, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4a)

God does this through His word as the Psalmist declares, “Remember the word to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life.” (Psalm 119:49-50)

God also comforts through praise and worship. The prophet Isaiah says that the heavens and earth will break out in song, because God has comforted His people, and will have mercy on those who have been afflicted (Isaiah 49:13).

God Hears and Delivers

Many times, the Psalms talks about how when we cry out to the Lord that He hears our cries and delivers us. No place is more pronounced than Psalm 34 where he declares,

“I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears … (and) The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.” (Psalm 34:4, 17)

To get the full measure of how God cares, comforts, hears, and delivers, read Psalm 91.