The Helper

"And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet" (2 Kings 13:23)

I wish God was more of a preventer. I mean, He prevents a lot of bad things from happening. But, really, He's a helper. In 2 Kings 14:26 the Lord sees the "affliction of Israel" because there was no "helper for Israel." And in another war with the king of Syria "the LORD gave Israel a savior" (2 Kings 13:5).

God really wants to help us, He wants to so bad that Jesus was tortured, and died for us. That's something to remember when we're on our knees at night, crying to our God for relief, that that is all He wants to do. And it's funny, but Heavenly Father is only able to help us when we let Him. We have power in that way.

Here's the caveat though, the Lord will only help us in His own way. So in the end, I guess it's not really about us praying for the Lord's help. We keep our covenants and it's guaranteed. What we need to pray for is the wisdom to be humble to the Lord's direction, and the revelation to know it.

I'll pray for that.