sharing....

Just read one of my friend's blog.. and i was so encouraged, i decided to paste some here... hope it encourages you.. =)

'The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and i am helped. My heart leaps for joy and i will give thanks to him in song.'

this verse stood out to me when i was reading the psalm this morning because it says 'i am helped'. i found it interesting bcos the word 'helped' suggests that we are both(God and me) working at doing something. I was expecting it to have said something like 'i am saved'.

'Saved' suggests a kind of helplessness. That maybe we have got ourselves into a super jia lat situation and we are super stuck that the only way out if for God to supernaturally come and move the mountain away from us. But 'helped' on the other hand suggests that we are not totally useless/dependent, but we are 'assisted' by God. It doesn't mean we stop trying and let God do everything. It means that we keep on trying, keep on doing, and God will give us that extra boost, that extra assistance that will help us finish the task.

Sometimes we try and solve everything on our own, missing out on/refusing God's avenues of help for us because they may seem too 'commonplace' or 'unspiritual'. God can meet our needs in simple, practical ways too, and doctors and medication are no less of answered prayers than the miraculous healings at service.

God is our help, and He sometimes sends help to us through others too.

God wants to help us! No matter how small or big the thing is. Let Him help.. and things will be ok! =)