Psalm 82:3-4<\/b>\u00a0\u201cDefend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor\u00a0and the oppressed. \u00a04\u00a0Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Proverbs 31:8-9<\/b>\u00a0\u201cSpeak\u00a0up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.\u00a0\u00a09\u00a0Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Proverbs 14:31<\/b>\u00a0\u201cWhoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Dogs, like people, are often brave when they think they are safe. Little dogs act like they want to tear into a big dog, as long as they are at the end of a leash, behind a fence, behind a screen door or if their owner is around. They act this way because these things, and people, keep them safe. The same is so with many people in the world now-a-days. They say and do rude, or mean things, because they feel safe that the person they are treating meanly will not hurt them.\u00a0\u00a0They think they will suffer no consequences.\u00a0\u00a0Truly these people, like weak dogs, are not brave at all, in fact they are contrariwise.<\/p>\n
Most of all people, talk “bravely” against a God (who allows them to do so) because they are not aware of His presence.\u00a0\u00a0But a time comes for all to be before the Lord Almighty and then they will fall prostrate before Him and quake.\u00a0\u00a0Cowardly dogs and cowardly people can put on a big show, but bravery shows when courage is needed. Cowards oppress the kind and the weak, but the brave rise to defend.\u00a0\u00a0Those who take advantage of those who will not, or cannot fight back are craven.\u00a0\u00a0The brave are protectors of those who would be oppressed.\u00a0\u00a0And that is who the people of God should be.\u00a0\u00a0We should be, like God, a rescuer and kind in all ways to those who need it and will receive it, and He seems them from afar. (Psalm 138:6)\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0We should cry with the broken, hurt with the hurting, love all, and always stand strong with anyone when that is what is needed.\u00a0\u00a0We have all been, at some time, the broken, the hurting, the one who feels unloved, and the one who needs a strong friend at times.\u00a0\u00a0(Romans 5:6<\/b>\u00a0\u201cFor while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.\u201d<\/i>)<\/p>\n
We can never be God, but we can walk with Him and He will rub off on us. (Ephesians 5:1-2<\/b>) We can be an everyday hero.\u00a0\u00a0Maybe not someone spectacular to the world, but definitely spectacular to those we come alongside.\u00a0\u00a0We can be simultaneously big enough and small enough to be like our God, and to make Him smile and proud of us.\u00a0\u00a0We all have been needy.\u00a0\u00a0Some among us God has, like He did with Job, bragged about.\u00a0\u00a0When we are with Him, He will let it be known.\u00a0\u00a0He sees, He loves, He protects, He provides and He heals.\u00a0\u00a0He always has, He does, and He always will because that is just who He is.\u00a0\u00a0He is strong for those in need.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s today be more like our Father than yesterday, and let\u2019s grow in that.<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n
Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Psalm 82:3-4\u00a0\u201cDefend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor\u00a0and the oppressed. \u00a04\u00a0Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.\u201d Proverbs 31:8-9\u00a0\u201cSpeak\u00a0up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.\u00a0\u00a09\u00a0Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[1841,94,1874,88,17,10],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-ephesians","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-proverbs","tag-psalm","tag-romans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}