Cry! O Saint Of God! Cry!

[Coconut]

Cry! O Saint Of God! Cry!


"Above the noise of the raging billows of death, or the barking dogs of hell, the feeblest cry of a true believer will be heard in heaven..." - Charles Spurgeon


"Who can resist a cry? A real, hearty, bitter, piteous cry, might almost melt a rock, there can be no fear of its prevalence with our heavenly Father..There is a mighty power in a child's cry to prevail with a parent's heart."

"Heart-cries are the essence of prayer."


- quotes are from Spurgeon


This message is a "word from the Lord" for all those who are - in great distress...exposed to much danger...feeling forsaken, crushed, desolate, afflicted, or miserable...finding themselves in a prison, abyss, ditch, or valley of some sort...seemingly about to be swallowed up by fears and doubts...experiencing the loss of friends, property, or health...fighting guilt because of some past sin...low in spirits, disappointed, or grieving at the coldness, hardness, or insensibility of friends or family to their condition...utterly at a loss what to do...in despair... feeling cast down and disquieted...suffering as a result of slander or false tongues...finding themselves in some sort of bondage ...overwhelmed by sorrow, poverty, or want...or groaning under the oppression of a tyrant of some sort.

This message has your answer.


What is it?


It is found in one word - "Cry!"

God is your Heavenly Father, and you need to know that there is nothing that moves His heart more than the cries of His own children.

As Charles Spurgeon confirmed in his Commentary on the Book of Psalms - "Our heavenly Father is not hardened against the cries of His own children." - "A child's cry touches a father's heart, and our King is the Father of His people."

Your cries may not have won the attention of men, but they surely have not escaped the notice of your Father. He hears the cries of His children, and He readily responds to them.

Be assured of this today. No matter what lies the devil is telling you - how even God isn't listening or doesn't care about you in your pain and suffering - know that that ole deceiver is a liar - the father of lies!

Let's look into the Scriptures and see what it says about crying to the Lord in a time of need. Let's search and see what kind of response others had gotten when they did indeed "cry out" to Him for help. What He did for others, He will surely do for you. He is no respecter of persons.

Exodus 2:23 says - "And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage."

Job 35:9 says - "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty."

Psalm 3:4 says - "I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill."

Psalm 5:2 says - "Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God..."

Psalm 17:1 says - "Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer..."

Psalm 18:6 says - "In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears."

Psalm 28:2 says - "Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee..."

Psalm 30:2 says - "O LORD my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me."

Psalm 34:6 says - "This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles."

Psalm 61:1 says - "Hear my cry, O God..."

Psalm 72:12 says - "For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper."

Psalm 77:1 says - "I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He gave ear unto me."

Psalm 86:3 says - "Be merciful unto me, O LORD: for I cry unto Thee daily."

Psalm 102:1 says - "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto Thee."

Psalm 107:6 says - "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses."

Psalm 107:13 says - "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses."

Psalm 107:28 says - "Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and He bringeth them out of their distresses."

Psalm 119:147 says - "I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried..."

Psalm 120:1 says - "In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and He heard me."

Psalm 130:1 says - "Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord."

Psalm 138:3 says - "In the day when I cried Thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul."

Psalm 142:1 says - "I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication."

Jonah 2:2 says - "And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and Thou heardest my voice."

After examining the Scriptures, we need to ask ourselves some pointed questions.


What causes people to "cry" out to the Lord in the first place?


"by reason of the bondage"
"By reason of the multitude of oppressions"
"by reason of the arm of the mighty"
"In my distress"
"I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me."
"This poor man cried...out of all his troubles"
"For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth...poor...hath no helper."
"in their trouble"
"by reason of mine affliction"
"out of the belly of hell cried I"

"Bondage" will cause a people to vehemently "cry" to the Lord for help. "Oppressions" or "the arm of the mighty" - feeling down- trodden or weighed down under a burden imposed by a hardhearted master - will bring forth deep sighs and laments.
"Distress" will cause a prayer to grow in earnestness.
"Troubles" - such as "Sickness," "Poverty," and "Affliction" - will cause a man to "cry" with fervor of affection.
"The belly of hell" - being so close to death - will cause one to bring forth powerful and piercing "cries" unto the Lord.


Depths of earnestness are stirred by the depths of hardship. In other words, the deeper the hard place, the deeper the devotion will be.



O Saint of God, are you in some sort of "pit" today ...feeling downtrodden by "bondage" or "the arm of the mighty"...facing "trouble" or "distress"...or drawing near to "the belly of hell"?


Your answer is to do what comes so naturally at this point - "Cry." Lift up your voice.

But don't just "cry" to anyone. "Cry" out to the Lord.

Give utterance to the deep anguish of your soul. Let your "voice" pierce the very skies. Allow your "cries" to get louder and stronger than all of the devil's tumult.

"I cried unto the LORD with my voice"
"and cried unto my God"
"when I cry unto Thee"
"O LORD my God, I cried unto Thee"
"Hear my cry, O God"
"I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice"
"O LORD: for I cry unto Thee daily"
"and let my cry come unto Thee"
"Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble"
"In my distress I cried unto the LORD"
"have I cried unto Thee, O Lord"
"I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD"


What happened when those in the Bible "cried" out to the Lord? Did He give them a deaf ear - like so many do today?


Absolutely not! He quickly answered.

"and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage."
"and He heard me out of His holy hill"
"He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, even into His ears"
"Thou hast healed me"
"the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles"
"He gave ear unto me"
"He delivered them out of their distresses"
"He heard me"
"Thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul"


Let the Word of God do what it is designed to do - that is, produce faith in your hearts. Mix your faith with this message that is coming directly from the Throne of Grace for you this day.


Cry, O Saint of God! Cry!
Cry unto your God.
Cry unto Him Who alone is Your Heavenly Father.
Cry to Him Who is your Lord and Savior - Who freely laid down His life for you.

Cry unto Him Who -
...has all power in heaven and earth.
...owns the cattle on a thousand hills.
...is the Creator of heaven and earth.
...has a hand that is not shortened that it cannot save, and an ear that is not heavy that He cannot hear.
...can make the crooked places straight and the rough places smooth.
...can translate you out of that place of darkness and plant you in a place of light.
...has the keys of hell and of death.
...has the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
...owns the secret things and reveals them to those who fear Him.
...can heal the sick and cleanse the leper.
...can restore what the devil stole - give back to a man his sight...speech...or ability to walk again.
...can reverse any situation - bring the dead back to life.
...can perform the impossible - make the sun stand still... multiply loaves and fishes...make an axe head float.
...can wash any sinner clean with His Blood and melt the hardest heart with His Grace.
...has a Name that is above all Names - Jesus.
...speaks a Word and it comes to pass.
...makes kings and rulers tremble and hide in the rocks from His wrath.
...has the hearts of all kings in His hand.
...carries all government on His shoulders.

And lastly, cry to Him Who has everything under control!


Cry out to Jesus! Cry out to your God!


Be sure of this - He will hear and answer you! He will save, heal, deliver, provide, come to your rescue, or do the impossible.

Even though your "cry" may be a feeble one in comparison to "the noise of the raging billows of death, or the barking dogs of hell," it is being heard in heaven.

Let these words of Charles Spurgeon encourage you - "If we can do no more than cry, it will bring Omnipotence to our aid. A cry is the native language of a spiritually needy soul; it has done with fine phrases and long orations, and it takes to sobs and moans; and so indeed, it grasps the most potent of all weapons, for heaven always yields to such artillery."


Cry, O Saint of God! Cry!


These final words of Spurgeon tell what your end will be - "He that cries out of the depths shall soon sing in the heights."


Today, you may find yourself crying out of the depths. However, your tomorrow is coming when you will sing in the heights.


Get ready for your Miracle.

"...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning" (Psalm 30:5).



May God Bless His Word,


Connie
(as received in my email)

 

[Trishann]

Coconut as I was reading in Psalms for the last couple of days, what got my attention was "And I cried unto the Lord." Many times repeated in the book of Psalms.

I do believe it is the message of the Lord. I think maybe somehow we have got away from it. "I cry unto the Lord and He heard me."

Thank you,
Your sister in Christ, Trish

 

[Coconut]

"He shall deliver the needy when he crieth."

"Ah! while I have been preaching there may have been some poor child of God here who has said, “I am poor and needy, and I am in great distress, but I have not been delivered.”

And there may be some sinner here who has said, “God has taught me my poverty and need, and I know I have no helper, but I cannot find I have been delivered.”

Perhaps, dear friends, you have been praying for months, praying very bitterly too, after a sort, and you have been desirous that you might find mercy.

God’s time, when will it come? Well, it will come when you cry.

That is something more, I take it, than a mere ordinary prayer. A child asks you for something, and you may perhaps deny it; but you know there is a difference between asking for a thing and crying for a thing.

Oh, when you get so that you must have it, and your heart breaks for it, when your needs are so extreme that you cannot stand up under them—well, now, it comes to this, that you must have Christ or perish. “Give me Christ or else I die,” when it seems as if you could not put your prayer into words any more, that you could only fall at the foot of the cross, and say, “O God, I cannot pray, but my very soul groans after thee, to have mercy upon me,” then is the time, then is the time, but not till then, when God will deliver you.

The Lord loves to hear the prayers of his people, and he sometimes keeps them waiting at the posts of his door, that they may pray more. It is always a blessing for us to pray as well as to get the answer to prayer. Prayer is in itself a blessing. When the Lord hears us knock faintly at the door, he does not open; we may knock and knock again—he likes us to knock; it does us good to knock. But when it comes to this, that it is all knocking with us, and our very soul and body seem to knock, and our heart and flesh cry after God, the living God: when we shall thus come to appear before God, and open our mouth and pant vehemently for the mercy he has promised, then it will come.

When thou canst not take a denial, thou shalt not have a denial.

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. There is none so violent as the man who is in desperate need. There is a person who has been without bread many hours, and he asks you for charity in the street. You would pass him by, but he is famished, and he says, “Oh give me bread! I die.” He compels you to it. And such is the prayer that prevails with God.

When the soul cannot wait, dare not wait, fears lest it should shut its eyes and open them in hell. Oh! God will not keep such a soul long waiting.

I am always glad when I hear of convinced souls saying, “I went up into my chamber with the resolution that I would never come down again till I had found the Savior.”

I always delight to hear of men and women who say, “I went upon my knees and cried to him, saying, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.” He will bless thee.

If thou wilt let him go, he will go, but if thou wilt not let him go, thou shalt have thy request of him.

“But who am I,” saith one, “that I should plead thus? I have no right to hold him thus.” ‘Tis true, but when a man is hungry, when a man is dying, he does not think of rights. He holds you right or wrong. His need is his right.

Poor soul, go and plead your need before God. Plead your sin, tell him you are wretched and undone without his sovereign grace. Use the strange argument which David used, the strangest in all the world, “For thy name’s sake, O Lord! pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.” Plead the very greatness of your sin as a reason for mercy; the damnable character of your sin; the certainty that you will soon be cast into hell, the fact that he might justly drive you from his presence for ever; plead all that before him; and say,

“Lord, if ever the heights and depths of thy grace might be seen in saving an undeserving soul, I am just that one. If thy mercy wants to honor itself by saving the most undeserving, ill deserving, hell deserving sinner that ever lived, Lord, I am the man. If thou wantest a platform on which to erect a monument of infinite grace, that men shall stand and wonder, and angels shall gaze on it with astonishment, Lord, here am I. If thou wantest emptiness, here is one who is all emptiness. If thou as the good physician wantest a bad case, a glaring case, a desperate case, to operate on, thou wilt never have a worse case than mine. O God, turn aside and have pity upon me, and show thy mighty power.”

This is the way to plead. Not your merits—they will never get a hearing, but your misery, your sin, your guiltiness before God—these are the arguments. And then if faith can come in and plead the blood, and say, “Didst thou not send thy Son to save sinners?” has he not said he came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance? Is it not written that the Son of Man is come to seek and to save not the good, but that which was lost? Oh! if you can plead the blood in that fashion, you will not fail.

His name is the Savior—he came to save his people from their sins. He died for the ungodly, he justifieth the ungodly—the unrighteous he makes righteous through his own merits. If you can plead this, oh, then, you shall not long wait, for though God does not deliver till we cry, yet he does deliver when we cry. “He will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.”

Oh, what a mercy it is when the tide is ebbed right out, and there is nothing left. It will turn now, it will turn now. The streams of grace will turn now. When you are empty, when you are overwhelmed, when you are like a dish wiped out, and there is not anything good left in you—now will God come to you. The darkest part of the night is that which precedes the dawn of the day. When God has killed you, he will make you live. When he has wounded you through and through, he will come to your healing."

The Poor Man’s Friend -C. H. SPURGEON,

Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 18: 1872 | Christian Classics Ethereal Library

“For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.”—Psalm 72:12.

 

[Trishann]

Thank you for the website, I put it in my favorites. This is the first time I heard this person's name, I definitely feel it is worth looking at.

Your sister in Christ, Trish

 

[Boanerges]

To everything there is a season and I have spent plenty of "crying out" time. Praise God He always hears us.