John 14:15-17 "If you love
me, keep my commands. And I will ask the
Father, and he will give you another advocate to
help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you
know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."
Psalm 121 "I lift up my eyes
to the mountains—where does my
help come from? My
help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and
earth. He will not let
your foot slip—he who
watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches
over Israel will
neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over
you—the Lord is your shade at
your right hand; the sun will not harm you
by day, nor the moon by
night. The Lord will keep you from
all harm—he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and
going both now and
forevermore."
Since Jesus is our Great High Priest Who ever lives to
make intercession for us (Romans 8:34 and Hebrews 7:25), He is always talking to
the Father about us. In John, He was telling His disciples to keep His commands
not for fear of punishment, but because they love Him. Jesus knew what was
going to happen, that He wouldn't be with them much longer, so He was comforting
them by saying He would ask the Father to send 'another advocate' of Helper or
Holy Spirit to help them and be with them forever... and that He was the Spirit
of Truth. Nobody at that time knew Holy Spirit, but Jesus said that they knew
Him (Jesus was living with them - and He was with Jesus) and that when He was
gone, Holy Spirit would indwell (be inside) of them. It's the same today!
We can talk to Jesus, we can talk to Father, and we can
talk to Holy Spirit - all three together or one at time (which is actually
talking to all three together because they are all together.... yeah...
anyway... Talking to Father is like talking to a Good Dad (if you had
not-so-good parents then He would be everything good you could think of). He
won't hurt us. He wants to help us. Some of us have been abused and don't like
to be touched unless we initiate it, but He extends His Hand to us and says, "My
child, let Me help you." Then it's up to us to trust His Word regarding Who He
says He is. That's a hard one. Especially, if we had parents who were all nice
and sweet out and about and then a terror at home. We got mixed signals - it
messed with our brains.... our minds... our thoughts. Numbers 23:19 "God is not
human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he
should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise
and not fulfill?" Guess what? He doesn't lie. So, what do you think He means
when He says that He will help us? Well, I think it means that He will help
us.
Look at Psalm 121. Now it's up to us to look up....
someone looking down all the time, for one can't see where they're going and
two, are basically rejecting help. They're facing the opposite direction. The
Psalmist asks 'where does my help come from?' Well, since he's looking up, he
sees 'hey, my help comes from the Lord, from God, from Father, from Dad - who,
ummmm, just happens to be THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH. Yeah, THAT DAD. What does He go on to say?
He watches over us all the
time. He protects us, so,
well maybe that means we don't have to protect ourselves anymore?? Yep. He's
got it handled. We do... I have done so much over the year to protect myself
from people, places, things... after over 4 decades - I haven't done a very good
job. So, right here and right now, I drop anything that I've created to protect
myself that hasn't already been dropped - at the foot of the Cross of Jesus
(it's a smaller list than it used to be). I don't need to protect myself
anymore and I don't want to protect myself anymore. I can see Jesus picking all
of it up and throwing it all as far as the East is from the West (He's got quite
an arm). Fear is no longer in my vocabulary (except the healthy kind), neither
is self-protection.
Just made it
kind of personal, didn't I? AND I mean it with all my heart, soul, mind and
strength. It really is just as 'easy' and 'hard' as that. "But it means
that we'd be that 'v' word, you know.... vulnerable." No, it means we believe
that "(Our) Dad watches over (us)—the Lord is (our) shade at (our) right hand;
the sun will not harm (us) by day, nor the moon by night.
Father will keep (us)
from all harm—He will watch over (our lives); (Dad) will watch over (our) coming and going
both now and
forevermore." HE COVERS US AND PROTECTS US SO THAT WE WILL NEVER BE VULNERABLE
AGAIN.
So, receive His help today. You
won't regret it.... you just may like
it!
God Help Me - Rebecca St.
James
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