Their cry came up unto God

“And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.” – Exodus 2v24,25

Moses had been run out of Egypt and had been gone for forty years. The struggles for the Hebrews only got worse and there was no improvement when a new pharaoh came on the scene. It surely looked like these people were doomed to be an enslaved nation.

Finally however, from a source we don’t know, the people decided to call out to their God for help. We find four ways that God responds to their cry.

God heard their groaning

God remembered His covenant

God looked upon the children of Israel

God had respect (acknowledged) them

There is great comfort here that God responds to prayer. We cannot comprehend how our prayers combine with God’s perfect will, but we can be assured from this passage and others that God hears and acts in response to prayers.

Praise God that He is not deaf to the cries of His people. It is an amazing fact that a perfect, holy God would have any regard for sinful man. Yet, He does. He gives us the wonderful gift of prayer and invites us to call upon Him. How do often do we avail ourselves of this wonderful blessing of access to Him?