God knows

Go and assemble the elders of Israel and say to them: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me and said: I have paid close attention to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt. Exodus 3:16

Did you catch that? God pays attention to us and what has been done to us. Think this doesn't apply to you? God knows. He knows your struggles, your hurts, your disappointments, your confusion, and your suffering. He knows.

And He cares.

Now, before we fly by this concept, realize that this revelation and rescue from God came after 400 years of suffering. Not one of us has suffered that long.

But that doesn't mean our pain isn't just as real and just as hard to cope with. It's just a good reminder that when we cry out to the Lord, truly seek His face in our suffering, He hears us and is concerned about our suffering (Exodus 3:7.) 

We shouldn't ever be afraid to be real with God. To cry out in our struggles. To pour out our hurts. To scream about our disappointments. To question in our confusion. To plead for rescue in our suffering. He knows it all. And I believe He is sometimes waiting for us to come to the end of ourselves to draw us out. The end of us trying to figure it out, muster up the energy and/or do it all on our own.

God wants us to dump our burdens on Him. Jesus is wiling, able, and glad to take it all. It's not like He doesn't know it anyway. He's just waiting for us to cry out and surrender it to Him. Are you ready to give it up today?