Are you satisfied with your current situation? Are you disgruntled about something in your life? Are you seeking to improve yourself and your circumstances? How are you going about improvement? Are you trying to do it all yourself? If not, who are you turning to for help?
I suspect all of us could state there is something in our lives we would like to improve. Some of those things may be minor while some of them could be major. Significant change is challenging and can be extremely difficult. We may need to seek help from someone else.
The Psalmist tells us that we will be happy if we seek our help from God. Does that mean the change will happen immediately? Almost certainly not. However, if we are seeking God’s help to change us, change our circumstances, and we are willing to follow his guidance, we will certainly change and our circumstances will change. Not only that, but our attitude toward ourselves and our circumstances will improve.
The Psalmist continues to give reasons for why we can trust God. He made heaven and earth. He made the sea and everything in it. He is faithful, no matter what we do or what happens in this world. He is just and judges righteously for the oppressed. He feeds the hungry, both physically hungry and spiritually hungry. God made everything and provides all that we need.
Therefore, looking to God for our help is our best option. We are likely to fall short if we rely solely on ourselves. Yet, when we rely on God, we can trust that he will provide. God never leaves us alone nor does he stop loving us. His will for us is to live a life that is pleasing to him. One way we can do that is to rely on him for everything. When we do, we will also follow his guidance for our lives.
I pray we all know that we can trust God. I pray we seek God’s help to change ourselves and our circumstances. I pray each one of us will rely on God to provide and follow his guidance. You can trust God. Seek God’s help. Allow God to change you. Rely on God to provide. Follow God’s guidance.
Psalm 146:5-7
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
Marty Pressey 