Until He Looks Down and Sees

 

Lamentations 3:46 “All our enemies
    open their mouths against us;
47 panic and pitfall have come upon us,
    devastation and destruction;
48 my eyes flow with rivers of tears
    because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 “My eyes will flow without ceasing,
    without respite,
50 until the Lord from heaven
    looks down and sees;
51 my eyes cause me grief
    at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

Yesterday we looked at Jeremiah's struggle of being called to preach repentance on deaf ears, only to be persecuted for proclaiming God's Word.  Lamentations gives a final cry to his suffering, as he must watch his people - young and old, innocent and guilty, suffer.  His eyes flowed with tears.  What kept him going? How did he find any hope? He knew that Lord could and would "down and see." It was not that God had a blind spot and was clueless as to what was going on. It was not yet time for Him to "see" and do something. That time would come. For now, Jeremiah grieved over what he could see.  Sometimes our tears will flow, cleaning out the hurt, until He looks down and sees.