A comfort verse from the Old testament Book of Exodus?

Yes indeed!

Exodus 3:7, in fact.

“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.”

Those last few words, “FOR I KNOW THEIR SORROWS.”

What a load, what a burden, this single fact can dispel!

“He knows!”

By the way, He not only KNOWS, He CARES too!

The noun used in today’s verse for “sorrows” is the Hebrew “makob.” It is only found 16 times in the entire Bible, a rarity in itself! And 2 of these times it is translated “pain.” He knows when we hurt … physically or emotionally I might add! And then 2 more times it is rendered (in the King James Version) as “grief.” He knows when our hearts hurt! When we mourn!

Wow!

Remember that by the graveside of His friend Lazarus, John 11:35 succinctly tells us “Jesus wept!” Let me place right by that verse our Fragment today: “For I know their sorrows.”

Yes, at times God may seem to be absent. Ask Job! One may at times wonder, “Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?” Psalm 77:9

But we all know the real answer to those questions … “Lo, I (Jesus) am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28:28

Again He speaks in Hebrews 13:5 … “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Never!

As you hurt today, from whatever source, remember that our great God long ago said of our hard situations: “I know their sorrows.”

There’s help here, Holy Ghost comfort.

He knows!

“Praise” Him … even when you can’t “see” Him!

Selah!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

By the way, the next verse after our Text, Exodus 3:8 adds: “For I know their sorrows … and I am come down TO DELIVER THEM out of the hand of the Egyptians, and TO BRING THEM UP out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Amen!