Harnessing Help

“The Lord will not forsake his people;
    he will not abandon his heritage;
for justice will return to the righteous…

Who rises up for me against the wicked?
    Who stands up for me against evildoers?
If the Lord had not been my help,
    my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’
    your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
When the cares of my heart are many,
    your consolations cheer my soul.” Psalm 94:14-19

“If God is for us, who can be against us?  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?  Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?..

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:31-35,37-39

“Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you…  And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” 1 Peter 5:7,10

Help: to give assistance or support; to provide with something that is useful or necessary in achieving an end. To give what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; aid. To make it possible or easier for someone to do something by doing part of the work yourself.

The Lord is majestic and many faceted. He reveals Himself by His Spirit through His word, creation, and people. With purposeful precision He orders lives and circumstances so we can know Him better. Yet often we meander in the lowlands, wrangling to make sense of pain and to do what we can to eliminate it. We take thought for God at church but not in the grip and grind of every day. Yet here He stands as constant help.

Harnessing the Lord as help begins with acquainted ourselves with His ways among men. The scriptures and life experiences teach how He hears, trains, equips, and leads. We then need deliberately to seek Him and request specific assistance. Our very challenges and conundrums are designed to expose needs only He can meet.

What current situations are chaotic and chafing? Where do we presently lack direction, inspiration, zeal, needed wisdom? When so needy, where do we seek supply and solutions? Do we run to gurus, the internet, self-help, or substances to guide our way and get us through? Or do we approach the omniscient, omnipotent God for help? Bold and particular asking induces expectancy and illuminates His generous provision. Hereby, He receives all the praise. (Hebrews 4:15-16)

Lord, keep me seeking, trusting, and praising You as my help all my days.