From Our Shoulder To His

October 7

Recognizing the constraints of our limitations is sobering to most people. We don’t like to think of ourselves as wanting in any capacity. We enjoy believing that we are in charge—even if deep inside we are cognizant of our self-delusion. The wealthy among us are quite content to spend of their abundance to secure for themselves the niceties of life.

They are willing to indulge as well those individuals whom they perceive to be potentially helpful to them in the attainment of whatever desirable goal they wish to achieve, such as political influence, social position, or personal pleasure. Yet, they, too, are aware that their money has the power to purchase only a façade. The ‘read deal’ comes another way.

The Word offers some insight into the true source of our blessings. Psalm 28:7, for example, says, “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him.” Has He the capacity to reach down wherever we are to afford us help? According to Isaiah 59:1, He does. Here it says, “Surely the arm of the Lord is not shortened that He cannot save or His ear too dull to hear us when we call to Him.”

Psalm 46:1 says, “God is our refuge and our strength; He is our ever-present help in trouble.” How should we react when we consider the faithfulness of the One who has no limitations and who employs His amazing resources in our behalf when we simply call upon Him? Psalm 68:19 says, “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” When we feel hemmed in on every side, when we feel too weighted by a load of cares to lift our hands to the Source of our help, even then, our Lord is reaching down to help us up and to lift our burden from our shoulder to His.