Heavenly Helpline
“For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!” Psalms 38:15, 21-22 NKJV
Just as earthly activities create a nearness problem with their overwhelming interferences, heavenly activities are obviously far and out of the reach of most believers without faith. Faith is always the key that unlocks the channels to the throne of grace. The challenges in our homes, complaints at workplaces, and confrontations in almost all our social gatherings and events speak constantly for no one to ignore. Unfortunately, no one seems to care to listen as long as everyone is speaking. And most frustrated victims of disconnected helplines and lost hope in earthly activities are either ignorant or uninterested in the heavenly helpline. Whereas, the psalmist cried “For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God”. Yes, the heavenly helpline is always open, not really far away, and definitely never out of reach of those who dare trust in the Lord. Sometimes, you wonder why so much sacrifices of believers’ main source of livelihood in animals in the Old Testament as burnt offerings. And then realized that it was primarily aimed at limiting the nearness of human distractions in order to embrace believers’ closeness to the heavenly throne. And when every earthly helpline experiences shortage with denials and disappointments, it is always a blessing in disguise for those who can lay hold on the heavenly helpline.
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