WHO DO YOU RUN TO FOR HELP?

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: WHO DO YOU RUN TO FOR HELP?

Psalms 121:1-8

We call on God to help us. The Bible shows us many examples.

• When Moses was facing the Red Sea, He did not call for his people to help. They were helpless. He called for God’s help.

• When David faced Goliath, he did not call on his brothers. They were afraid and hiding. He called on the Lord. He trusted God.

• When Daniel was about to be thrown into the lion’s den, no one was around to help him. He called out to God in prayer. God shuts the mouths of the lions.

God did what no man can do.

The God we trust watches over us. He is ABLE to help us.

Psalm 121:2-3 My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip.

• See the contrast here – God has the power to make the universe, and that same power is available to help you walk strong!

• Sometimes, the path we take is difficult and hard. We have to look up to Him. He is there to strengthen protect us.

• Missionary Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: "Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One… He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years. If God has bring you into it he will see your through it all.

Verse 3b: He who watches over you will not slumber!

• ’watches over’ mentioned 6 times in this psalm. He is always with you. Psalmist emphasizes the fact that God is with His people - when they start the journey from their home, on the road, and when they reach Jerusalem.

GOD IS THE ONE WHO PROTECTS

An executive was getting ready for a month-long business trip. He prayed with his wife before departing: “Lord, please protect Sharon and the children while I’m gone.”

His wife looked up at him when he finished and said, “Who do you think protects us while you’re here?”

Actually, whether you are here nor not, God is the One protecting us.

MAN’S HELP IS LIMITED

A blind man with a white cane stood at a busy intersection one day waiting for someone to help lead him across the street. It wasn’t long before another many appeared and the two began to talk.

The second man took the first man’s arm and the two of them began walking across the street. Suddenly, there was the sound of tapping as the men walked across the street, but the tapping was more than usual.

They then realized that both of them are blind!

121:7-8 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.

• God protects us from ‘EVIL’

• Jesus taught us to pray, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil.” (Matt 6:13

So when we encounter a problem and we are hurt, it is not because God has deserted us or that He is sleeping and not knowing our problem. Man suffers today because:

(1) We have deserted Him; we did not rely on God – the Source of help.

• We rely upon ourselves. We did not ask God for help.

• James 4:2 says we do not have because we do not ask God.

• I heard of people who said they don’t want to ‘trouble’ God, who ‘has enough to do’. God isn’t too busy for us—we’re often too busy for Him.

(2) We do wrong. We sin. Our mistakes bring us suffering.

God knows all about life. He knows what you need.

• God says man has sinned and in need of salvation. We need Jesus to settle our sin problem. He came and died on the cross for our sin.

• This may not be something many likes to hear, but it’s the truth.

• Man needs God’s help. We need God to save us from our sin.

There are times when we do the right things and yet faces problem.

• It is not because God has forgotten you. He is watching over you, even in the midst of the difficulties.

• He has a purpose. We don’t understand. God wants us to go through it with His strength.

The promise here is one of preservation in the midst of hard times, not protection from hard times.

• In your life, you will face storms. God did not promise that as Christians, we will not face any storms ever.

• But in the storms, God will protect us and keep us safe through them.

“All the water in the world cannot sink a ship unless it gets inside.”

• If we keep our trust in God, our life will not sink. We can be strong.

• But if we allow the world to get into our heart – sin, evil, hardship – we sink.

LET US PRAY
BEFORE YOU CALL, GOD WILL ANSWER YOU IN JESUS NAME

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