Help Wanted

What an awesome reality—God is on your side, and therefore, as you stay on God’s side, you cannot fail. So many people place their trust in people and institutions that are at best temporal, but those who trust in the Lord for his help will not be disappointed.

Read: Psalm 124 // Focus: Psalm 124:8

Who better to have helping you than the God who created everything and who, by his power, sustains it! All other helpers will fall short and will ultimately fail, but there is One who never fails. And best of all, he is yours and you are his.

Better yet, he needs no convincing to act on your behalf. By virtue of your being his child, he not only stands at the ready to help you, he actually goes ahead of you and prepares the way before you get there: “I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron.” (Isaiah 45:2)

He commands you not to fear, for he will lead you and guide you into good success wherever you go: “I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses… “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:3,7-9)

He has promised you health and prosperity, joy and purpose, righteousness and wisdom: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight … I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6; 4:11)

He says he will stand beside you and walk with you—especially when the going gets rough: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” (Isaiah 43:2)

And he will even be your rear guard—he’s got you covered: “your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.” (Isaiah 58:8).

What an awesome reality—God is on your side, and therefore, as you stay on God’s side, you cannot fail. So many people place their trust in people and institutions that are at best temporal, but those who trust in the Lord for his help will not be disappointed.

Isaiah 49:23 says of those who find their help in the Lord, “Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”

Hallelujah, with God as your God, help wanted is help received!