Thoughts for another day

Nov. 10, 2009

Today's verse: Neh. 2:20. Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Our verse comes from a personal experience I’ve had today. The key Words I’ll dwell on are, ‘He will prosper us’. At times in our endeavors, particularly business and work related, it’s possible we come to depend on men for help and upliftment. By itself it’s okay; but I maintain we need to depend on God even if at times human help seems enticing and following and trusting God doesn’t yield anything. Even in this situation, we must fall upon God and not rely on man. Not that I have anything against human help, but I know when we tend to trust humans, there’s bound to be failure.

Countless are the times when I’ve seen people desert others when they’re needed most. It happens even among family members. You must have heard people who ask of their closest friends and family, ‘where were you, when I needed you most.’ Maybe you too may have done it. What we glean from this is, humans always have their own agendas. Whether they’re conscious about it or not determines their façade toward you. Humans will help only when there is some benefit they see in it for them. But God, God does it because He loves us and because He wants us to prosper. When we have a relationship with God, He looks after us and cares for us. And when we fellowship with Him, He wants us to be even more dependent on Him.

At times, even when we are close to God, we may ignore Him and seek human help because again it’s my experience that relying solely on God sometimes seems a ‘trying of our faith’. But again from experience let me tell you that God works and works marvelously. Remember today that it’s God alone who does good things for us and we His servants will arise and build and it will last; but those who trust in humans will be finished.