If there is ever a prefect situation for God to do what he does best in our lives is when we are helpless. His glory revealed so great in moments we have deemed our darkest. Do not get me wrong, God is not a cruel God, He is not a God who enjoys to see us in pain or hurting. In fact He is so loving and very much close to us when we are helpless1.
God is much more close to you and I in our helpless state than we could ever think of or imagine. He loves to be there for us when we are helpless and we run towards him. A parent never turns away from their child`s cry for help. Helplessness is your advantage as a child of God, it makes you more dependent on God, which has always been God` s plan for us from the beginning that in all that we do we are dependent on him2.
Helplessness teaches you to stop fighting and let God do the fighting. Helplessness brings you closer to God, helplessness activates a supernatural move of God in your life. I am reminded of the Children of Israel, reaching the Red Sea and realizing there was no way they could escape the enemy closing in from behind them. They cried out to God, their cry for help reached the ears of God and we all know what happened next3.
Helplessness in the sight of God does not make you insignificant rather it makes you so very much significant. A dependent man is a blessed man. Throughout the book of Psalms, David shows us the beauty of helplessness, this King understood that he was a helpless man and so he made sure that he remained dependent on God through and through.4
I have hated being helpless for a longest time. I hated not being able to control everything that comes my way and the more I wrestled with it, the more it drained me. However I did come to the realization that if I continue on this road I will burn out. So like Apostle Paul, my resolve became this 5I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses(helplessness), so that Christ’s power may rest on me. For Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in helplessness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Be Encouraged ❤
1Pslams 34:18, 2Jeremiah 17:5,7,3Exodus 14,4 Psalms 121,52 Corinthians 12:9