GOD WANTS TO HELP

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Are there some things that you need to get sorted out? I mean practical things like dealing with paperwork that's piled up in the corner, or needing to get the boiler sorted, or as in my case, I needed to sort out my cupboards, but you keep putting if off?

The Lord has blessed me with a workroom where I do all my crafts and in there is a cupboard which was absolutely full of cloth to the point I couldn't open the door without something falling out. I've put off dealing with it for literally years because I knew it would be a big job. But one day last week I just felt the time had come, it was like God anointed me to deal with it. He graced me to do it.

Does that sound strange to you? Can God anoint us to sort out cupboards? I firmly believe that God helps us in every day practical ways and He has given us the Holy Spirit for wisdom and counsel, yes, but also to help us in the every day of life. 

Whatever it is you need help with the Holy Spirit is there and wants to be called on to do just that.  God says to go to His throne to obtain mercy and help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)  That doesn't just mean spiritual help, or help with health or addictions or major things. It means help with anything and everything.

I needed help. As I took a box off the first shelf the whole unit came out of the wall and collapsed on to me. Get the picture? I'd let it go beyond the pale because I hadn't dealt with it when I should but God helped me to deal with it and now it's all sorted and I've been very strong and thrown lots of stuff away!! It led me to clear all the other cupboards in there and now we've redecorated the room and I know exactly where everything is. My point is God helped me and it was a joy to do in the end because He was in it with me.   I now feel so good about it and the sense of gloom which hung over me every time I thought about it has gone.

So whatever it is you need to deal with, can I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit to help you with it.

Jesus said,' I can do nothing of myself...'.  Apostle Paul said 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.'

I expect some people will be thinking 'God doesn't want me to bother Him with trivial things like that',  but I've learnt that nothing is too trivial to God if it matters to us, because He loves us.  He actually told us to come to His throne to get help. Some people think 'well, I can deal with this myself  and I'll just ask God for help with the big stuff.'  I personally don't believe that's what God wants.

So what do you need help with today, this week? Let me encourage you once again, to ask the Lord for His help, His grace, His anointing to do it, whatever 'it' is, and I assure you He will.😊