When you are walled in by circumstances.
[Psalm 28:6] Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the sound of my pleadings. [7] The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
Life can sometimes feel like a dungeon, because whichever way a person turns there is no way out of their circumstances. The circumstances can be poverty, sickness, unemployment, or being unloved. God does hear and he does bring us out, even though every direction seems like the solid rock of an imprisoning cave, God makes a way. He makes a way where there is no way. The Bible does not say that God helps those who help themselves, what it actually says, and repeatedly says, is that God helps those who cannot help themselves.
Those words, 'God helps those who cannot help themselves' are not welcome words, because nobody wants to acknowledge that they cannot help themselves. Desperation and despair are what we cannot yield to, and should not. There is no need to feel ashamed about asking God to do what we cannot. We ask Governments to do what one individual cannot do, and we are not ashamed. We ask banks to lend us money that we do not have, and we are not ashamed, we ask teachers to teach us what we can't learn alone and we are not ashamed. Why then should any person hesitate to come to God and simply say that certain situations in our life are beyond our control, but causing us distress and threatening to destroy us. I cannot tell you how or when God will bring you out of the cave that imprisons you but I can tell you with confidence that God will do so. He hears and he answers and many people tell wonderful stories about the way that God rescued them from impossible situations.
Ask today, don't fear that God will reject you. Jesus is your priest, he has opened the way into the holy place so that you can address God. He has forgiven the things that would come between you and God. Just turn to Jesus your priest, say, "Take me to God" and he will. In God's presence make your requests known and God will keep his promise to grant whatever we ask in the name of Jesus. Jesus will remain with you, opening your mind to see the miracle of his work on earth on your behalf. Do not be afraid, only be afraid of delaying or denying the salvation that God has made available to you.
Life can sometimes feel like a dungeon, because whichever way a person turns there is no way out of their circumstances. The circumstances can be poverty, sickness, unemployment, or being unloved. God does hear and he does bring us out, even though every direction seems like the solid rock of an imprisoning cave, God makes a way. He makes a way where there is no way. The Bible does not say that God helps those who help themselves, what it actually says, and repeatedly says, is that God helps those who cannot help themselves.
Those words, 'God helps those who cannot help themselves' are not welcome words, because nobody wants to acknowledge that they cannot help themselves. Desperation and despair are what we cannot yield to, and should not. There is no need to feel ashamed about asking God to do what we cannot. We ask Governments to do what one individual cannot do, and we are not ashamed. We ask banks to lend us money that we do not have, and we are not ashamed, we ask teachers to teach us what we can't learn alone and we are not ashamed. Why then should any person hesitate to come to God and simply say that certain situations in our life are beyond our control, but causing us distress and threatening to destroy us. I cannot tell you how or when God will bring you out of the cave that imprisons you but I can tell you with confidence that God will do so. He hears and he answers and many people tell wonderful stories about the way that God rescued them from impossible situations.
Ask today, don't fear that God will reject you. Jesus is your priest, he has opened the way into the holy place so that you can address God. He has forgiven the things that would come between you and God. Just turn to Jesus your priest, say, "Take me to God" and he will. In God's presence make your requests known and God will keep his promise to grant whatever we ask in the name of Jesus. Jesus will remain with you, opening your mind to see the miracle of his work on earth on your behalf. Do not be afraid, only be afraid of delaying or denying the salvation that God has made available to you.
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