13/01/2024
*Knowledge Of Truth Devotional*
*13/01/24*
*He will not abandon you*
Isaiah 49:15 "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."
It is generally believed that nursing mothers are caring and compassionate to the cries of thier sucking babies.
For this reason many of them find it difficult to wean thier babies considering the sleeplessness and the discomfort of their babies at the early stage of weaning.
Some of them even believed weaning a baby at early stage is unhealthy and would affect the baby's healthy growth as some babies may refuse to feed on solid.
This is why you will see a child of 3-4 years still breast feeding because the mother refused to wean her early.
I could remember how my wife felt when i suggested to her that we should wean our second baby at early stage. The compassionate look on her face was enough for me to reconsider my suggestion.
So normally it will be hard for nursing mothers to forget their sucking babies. Infact their own breasts will often remind them if they should forget it.
However as difficult as this may be, there are certain reasons that may cause a nursing mother to forget and forsake her sucking child.
There is difference between forgetting and forsaking. A woman may still remember her sucking child but for certain reasons she may have to forsake the child.
For example, a sick mother, a dying mother, a wayward mother, a poor, a travelling mother may abandon their sucking babies.
From our opening text, we see God saying that He is more compassionate to the cries of His people than any nursing mother. He said this in response to the complains of His people.
Isaiah 49:14 "But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
In response to their lamentations, God says it is truly possible for a sucking mother to forget and forsake their babies but it wil be impossible for Him to forsake His people regardless.
Firstly, here God sees the complains of His people as that of helpless sucking babies who cries to attract the attention of their mother..
Relationally, God is trying to remind us of the eternal relationship between Him and us which would not make him forget us nor forsake us any time because His compassion towards us will never fail.
Heb.13.5 (AMP) "Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]
Here the author of Hebrew is givng us a godly counsel to resist all ungodly desires and pursuit of mudane things whenever we are trusting God for help, knowing that our Heavenly Father would not leave us helplessly.
Meanwhile, as wonderful as this promise of God is, it requires our faith and that we position ourselves in a way and manner that shows that we are truly helpless without God.
Exodus 3:7 "And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
This happened after 430 years captivity of the God's people in Egypt where no one could help them until the day God heard their cries and intervened.
Beloved, do not give up on God as God will never give up on you. To give up on God is to be tempted to take ungodly steps to help ourselves. Therefore be patient and believe that God is ever faithful to His promises.
