Can you imagine? It's about 5pm, and I still have work to do! ~ Unbelievably so! And my table is MESSY. Papers, books, calculator, scissors, Bible, calendar, memo pad, church care-takers duty-list, a pile of unlabelled Worship Enablers rosters, Alpha Course name tags, etc, etc... strewn higgledy-piggledy all over my desk.
Alamak.
I was sitting in Mcd's today for a quick lunch, watching the kids romp around the slides, screaming in excitement, with their anxious parents watching just on the fringe of the play area just in case their precious little ones tripped and fell.
Those amongst us who have become parents know - how even the smallest tumble of their kids can momentarily shock and cause the heart to drop a few beats. How the heart pains at the sight of fresh wounds on scraped knees.
I don't think God ever watches any of His children fall down, without compassionately reaching out a hand to help him up again particularly when he calls for help. I don't think He stands at the side and merely remarks, "Stand up and walk!" while His child howls in pain and distress.
I have fallen many times myself. And each time, if not for the strength God gives, I wouldn't have gotten up myself.
Psalm 37:24 - '...though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with His hand.'
Psalm 40:1-2 - 'I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.'
Psalm 107:6 - 'Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.'
Isaiah 40:29-31 - 'He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
The Lord upholds. The Lord turns and hears our cries. The Lord lifts us out. The Lord sets our feet on solid ground. The Lord delivers. The Lord renews strength.
Those are the promises of God indeed!
So those of us, who are in the slimy pit, mud and mire - wondering how to get ourselves out of the sticky mess we've made... Call out to the Lord! What makes us think that we can stand up again by our own strength?
It can only be by the power of the Lord we stand. For He raises us up.
Isaiah 41:13 - ' For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.'
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