Yes, we serve the Lord no matter what! In the bad times as well as the good times. Or at least that’s what we say. Along with Paul the Apostle we desire to truthfully testify: “I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound.” Philippians 4:12
And I agree with this sentiment as well. “We serve the Lord not simply for WHAT HE DOES on our behalf … but for WHO HE IS!
Yet all these things being true, God is nevertheless to His Own children … “A VERY PRESENT HELP.” Psalm 46:1
In fact, He is helping me right now write this little Bible Meditation!
He helped me rest last night.
He helped me drive yesterday.
He is ALWAYS my Help!
That’s what “present” means … “A VERY PRESENT HELP!”
The modifier “very” is spelled “meod” in Hebrew. It adverbially means “much, great, exceeding, mighty!”
Yes, that’s the kind of Help He is to us, without exception!
Then the noun “help” must be discussed. It is “ezrah,” actually the foundation of the Bible name Ezra! It means assistance … “succour” quite often in the Bible. But what does “succor” mean? It means in Latin “to run!” The idea is that God comes running … to help us again and again! In a hurry!
I don’t know of a minute in my whole Christian (washed-in-the-Blood-of-the-Lamb) life, wither I was conscious of the fact or not, God was not my “very present Help!”
Wow!
Acknowledge that!
Thank and praise and adore Him for that!
Worship Him for that!
But then Psalm 46 adds two more words … “A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.” This little noun has the idea of “the tight, high pressure” situations of life that come our way.
God does not leave us when the going gets particularly difficult!
My mind (as I write this morning) wanders to the areas of the world where Believers in Jesus are being persecuted. Missionary organizations tell us that every day (on average) nearly 300 Christians are martyred for their faith! (A number much higher I suspect during these days of American cowardice and deterioration.)
In Heaven, when we meet these “heroes,” these slain saints … everyone of them is going to tell us (I guarantee you) that … “God was our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
HE NEVER FAILS!
By the way, to these overcomers, these hunted men and women and boys and girls … “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Oh … what a Crown of Life awaits them all!
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1
Hallelujah!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
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