December 12
There isn’t anyone on planet earth who hasn’t wrestled with the problems, the disappointments, the demons of life. Whether the situation that is engulfing him is professional, financial, emotional or physical, it causes distress that can hardly be borne. In fact, it cannot be borne alone.
When in the throes of difficulty, most people turn to those they can rely on for help—family, friends, organizations whose sole objective is to assist others who are in need. When the need is met, when the problem has been overcome, they rejoice together with those whose help has been steadfast at the time of challenge.
The One to whom we must never fail to turn is the One whose hand holds all other sources of help. When family or friends or organizations like the Salvation Army are ‘there’ at times of hardship and disaster, it is because they are committed to being tools for good in the extended hand of the Christ who uses willing hearts and outstretched hands to assist when needs arise.
As the Word admonishes, “I arise before dawn and cry for help; I put my hope in Your word. My eyes stay open through watches of the night that I may meditate on Your promises” Psalm 119: 147, 148. Ultimately, our hope and our help comes from the Lord, whose promises are sure and whose resources to affect them are boundless.
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