When our grandkids were small, 3 and 4, we’d play cartoons for them on videos. Each week we’d ask, “This one?” “Uh…no” they’d say. “Let me see that one, and that one,” one of them would say. In the end, they’d always pick the same one: “HELP, HELP, somebody help me;” as Huckle Berry Hound would say!
Decades before our grandkids came along, the Beatles sang Help! Remember some of the lines?
“When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed help in any way. But now these days are gone and I’m not so self-assured, Now I find I’ve changed my mind, I’ve opened up the doors.”
Have you’ve been there? Remember when you needed no one, but now you’re not so self-assured? The Yogi you’ve followed was a fake, the things you’ve invested in have gone awry? You thought you had all the time in the world, and suddenly realize it’s almost gone? Are you finding yourself saying,
“Help me if you can I’m feeling down, And I do appreciate you being ‘round, Help me get my feet back on the ground, Won’t you please, please, help me? Help me, help me Ooh.”
Hundreds of years before this song was penned, King David cried: “Hear my cry, Oh God; attend to my prayer. From the ends of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:1,2).
And again, in Psalm 130:1, 2 either David or Ezra said: “Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to my supplication.”
As time moves on, we tend to find we’re not as agile as in former days. Maybe not as quick or brave as we once were. Like the song, we needed no one to get by, but maybe now we do. Like God’s Word, we can cry out to Him. Even from the depths of our despair, Jesus is present to help us. From the midst of confusion, He will help you get your feet back on solid ground! If you need direction for your life this very instance, He will definitely help you! Check out this scripture:
“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 40:2).
Now that you realize you need Him, have you changed your mind, and are you ready to open up the doors…to your heart, mind, and ways?
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble” (Psalm 46:1)
God Bless!
Sam