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Tuesday... You are my helper.


Tuesday... You are my helper.

Back in Genesis, the first book in the Bible, it tells of the beginning of the earth and it says that God looked down after he had created man and said that he needed a helper. And the tendency for some is to think that women is less important and even weaker because they were created to be a helper. But that is wrong, so very wrong.

Look at what David says in Psalm 63:6-8. He writes, "I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night. Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you; your right hand holds me securely." Now who is he talking about?

Verse 1 says, "O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you, my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water."

And then verse 3, "Your unfailing love is better than life itself; now I praise you."

Helper does not mean someone to do what I want, my slave. It is way more than that. It shows our weakness.

Verse 7 in the Amplified Bible says, "For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy." The key is, in this life we need help to survive. It shows that we need each other and for sure, we need God. That is the way he created us. We really do need each other and for sure, we need God. 

So, don't think it is all on you. That is not the way we were created. God knew that we would need help, that we needed each other and for sure we needed Him. 

So many go through life thinking they can do it on their own. And that is what happened in Genesis 3 where Adam and Eve decided to live without God. And look what happened.

Life has a way of showing us that we can't handle it alone. And we don't have to. God has helpers out there who are his instruments to make a difference in our lives and he also has made us to be helpers for others. But life in its totality needs help from God. That's the way he created us. We need him. We need his unfailing love. We need his help. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning  


 

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