Compassion For His Children

As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 103:13-14

As we continue to consider the blessings and benefits of adoption, we come to dwell upon our text for today, ‘As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.’ Here we find one of the overwhelming benefits of our adoption into the family of God.  Working backward from the reason He gives in second portion of the text, let us consider that God understands us, and is fully aware of our frailty. No One of the Trinity understands this more thoroughly than Christ. He has the personal experience of this frailty. He ‘took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.’ Therefore, Christ, ‘can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is beset with weakness.’ We see in the Character of Christ, the compassion of God for His children. Behold, the compassion of Christ upon children, how they gathered around Him; how He defended them from those who would drive them away; how He lifted them up, and drew them unto Himself. So in a larger sense does God do to us who are His children by adoption. He is fully conscious of how weak and frail we are. He, the Good Shepherd, has great compassion upon the most feeble of His flock. We have an utterly sympathetic Savior; a Compassionate God; a Kind and Loving Father. Let us rest our weary head upon His Bosom today.

O, Christ our Savior,
Great Shepherd of the Sheep,
we praise You, that You are the Instrument of God’s peace.
We praise You that You take up in Your arms, the lambs of Your flock,
and carry them in Your Bosom.

Where the Bush is Burning
Tomm Tice