Book 1 of Musings Ask God To Help You

You are going to have a difficult time if you do not ask God to help you.

The Bible says we ought not to depend on our own understanding but to acknowledge God in all our ways. Then God will give us a straight path to walk in.

It seems to me that this is one of the important lessons we learn as we are following the Lord Jesus.

Every day, it appears, we face one problem or another. Pretty soon we are buried under a load of worry and concern. What are we to do?

We are to call on the Lord. The Bible admonishes us to cast our burden on the Lord. The promise is He will hold us up.

The Apostle Paul stated that the pressures on him were so great as to cause him to despair of his life. But, he said, he had the sentence of death in himself that he should not trust in himself but in God who raises the dead.

In another place Paul expressed his desire to live in the power of resurrection life and to know Christ's sufferings.

This is what our problems and pressures do for us: they press us into Christ.

Of course, we can spend our time blaming people, circumstances, or even God. In this case our tribulations will have not profited us - only made us bitter and unforgiving.

A person who blames someone else for his problems is a baby. He has a lot of growing to do.

If you are following the Lord, recognize that the pain that comes your way is to drive you further into Christ. Let it be a prompting that reminds you to pray! pray! pray! Don't faint, pray! Don't try to speak the word of faith, pray!

You don't have to use King James language and pray a formal pray. Pray fervently in our own language. "Help, Lord!" Don't tell God how to solve your problem, just say "Fix it!"

Be sure to pray in the name of Jesus. Heaven comes to attention when they hear the Name.

The wickedness in the world will increase. God is going to judge all who practice unrighteousness. There will be difficulties of various kinds. You and I will not be able to survive in our own wisdom and strength. We will need help from the Lord several times a day and through the night.

Start practicing now. Ask God for help in everything you do.

God sent an infirmity upon the Apostle Paul such that Paul might be so weak that he would have to lean on the Lord for everything he did. On top of this, Paul was in jail. But the epistles of Paul have changed the history of the world.

If in this life you have learned to look to God for every aspect of life, then your time on the earth has been profitable and successful.

But if you go through life trusting in your own wisdom, strength, and abilities to enable you to prosper, your time on the earth has been wasted. It has only confirmed you in your rebellion against your Creator.

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. (Psalms 55:22)

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