Somebody Was The Hand Of Help
Luke 6:38, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Hello again friends! Hope that this is finding you greeting your morning with praise and thankfulness to God and to those who have helped you along the way! Many of us know that without God’s help or the help of those “unseen angels” He placed along your path, things may not have turned out the way we imagined. At moments in our lives, others have shown up without explanation, at times when we thought no one was watching, or no one cared. When we took time to help another for no reason except that God placed that person on our mind, or the person was in our path that needed help; we just did it; because it was the right thing to do! God ask us to mirror Christ’s life; to live to serve and help others; placing someone before ourselves. As we model Christ’s behavior we show grace and mercy just like He did. At times, God may ask us to help someone we do not get along with; someone we feel doesn’t help others; this will be the times we need to forgive freely just like God forgave us. That moment will define you internally as well as outwardly; you will become the good Samaritan; doing the good deed but getting no reward. Afterwards, you will get a sense of relief because you did the right thing; God is watching, He knows your heart. God tells us in the Bible that faith without works is dead; in other words, if you cannot reach out your hand to another, how can another reach out to you? There will be times when you need someone; whether in a small way or a big way. If you refuse to do the will of God by not giving of yourself, your time, maybe even your money; you have denied God altogether! Make sure the next time someone needs a helping hand that you do not let the devil creep in and say, “they wouldn’t help me”, but pause, pray, then ask God to lead you to be the better person! Believe me, the returns you will receive will make you wonder why you didn’t help more before now! Remember, somebody is always going to need a helping hand!
Scriptures:
Read: Galatians 6:2-3, James 2:14,17, Matthew 25:35-40, John 15:12-13, Hebrews 13:16, Proverbs 19:17, Philippians 2:2-4, I John 3:17-20, Luke 6:38, Acts 20:35, Proverbs 22:9, Matthew 5:16, Deuteronomy 15:11, Psalms 34:6-9, Psalms 82:3-4
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we come now thanking you for showing us how giving, helping, loving others is an essential part of being a child of the king! Thank you, Father, for placing people where we need them, when we need them, so that we will acknowledge that one day we may be on the other side of that help! Help us Father, also, to forgive those who may have offended, and to pray for their changes to becoming more Christ-like. Amen.