Saturday... Are you weighed down today? Do you feel helpless?

Saturday... Are you weighed down today? Do you feel helpless? Do you?

Is what you are facing greater than you can handle? Maybe it is a habit that has you bound up with guilt? Maybe it is finances. This has been a very tough year and for you it isn't over. Maybe you lost your job. Maybe you have had your husband or wife walk out on you. The pain is so heavy. Maybe it is your health. You just can't seem to get well. Maybe it is your emotions. You're always deeply troubled. You are in deep despair. You have no hope.

I don't know what it is but it is greater than you can handle and it has you weighed down, you feel helpless.

Psalm 146:8b (NLT) says, "The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down." The NIRV says, "The Lord lifts up those who are helpless." Memorize that. Whenever the weight is too heavy in your heart say, "The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down." Say it over and over until you believe it. "The Lord lifts up those who are helpless."

The NIV says, "The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down." The MESSAGE says, "He lifts up the fallen." The CEV says, "He gives a helping hand to everyone who falls." The NCV says, "The Lord lifts us people who are in trouble."

I don't know which one of these versions of the Bible will speak to you but God loves you, He cares about you, He is watching over you and He is ready to help you. Believe it. Accept it. Reach out for it.

And then back to verse 5 (NIRV), "Blessed are those who depend on the God of Jacob for help. Blessed are those who put their hope in the Lord their God." He is our hope and He lifts up those who are weighed down!

God knows what you needed to hear today. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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