INTRODUCTION

The world is filled with violence. At times it seems as though judgment and justice are silent while the wicked thrive. Throughout the years, this has caused many to question the Lord’s existence or, in the least, His presence. The seeming absence of God is nothing more than proof He is longsuffering with mankind. King Solomon suggested the same when he said, "If thou seest . . . violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they." It was likewise Solomon who said, "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good" (Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) The Lord is aware of all that is going on (Psalm 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
  See All...; Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
  See All...; Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
  See All...). He knew He was going to destroy the earth during Noah's days, yet He delayed 120 years while Noah preached to the people (Genesis 6:3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  See All...; 1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
  See All...; 2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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• Why is it so important for the saints of God to know that God is paying attention to all the wrong that is going on in the world? How does this bring comfort to those that are saved?
• What does the Bible say happens when God holds back on immediate judgment (Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank God for regarding the evil that takes place in the world.
• Thank the Lord for being longsuffering.

HYMN

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

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