Hope and Help

During the recent days, months, years- we hear over and over of the tragedies and disasters in the world, in our own communities.  We once felt safe in our own neighborhoods.  Now folks struggle to feel safe in their homes, workplaces, schools, and even churches.  The things happening are horrific and taking innocent lives.
So the question comes to mind, where is our hope, who will help us? The answer is Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit.  Many will be thinking “we’ve heard this before”, or “how do I know He will help me or hear me”?
The answer to that is something I cannot explain. But God’s Word can. When you know this in your heart, in your “knower”, then you KNOW without a doubt, Jesus and the Holy Spirit is your help, and your hope.
“But as it is written: What eye did not see and ear did not hear, and what never entered the human mind — God prepared this for those who love Him. Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God. We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭2:9-13‬ ‭HCSB‬‬
No one can pray for us better than the Holy Spirit or Jesus. Because of this we are never without HOPE  or HELP.
So often I have had something specific on my heart to pray and I just couldn’t come up with the words to pray. It is those times that we need to remember the above Scripture, and let the Holy Spirit show you how to pray. Allow Him to speak to your heart.  And remember He knows what is on our minds, in our hearts. And it is then that we can remember He is interceding for us and for our concern.  And because of this, we can know without a doubt that we have His help, and we have hope.
Sure, in the natural we feel helpless in these situations. But through the Holy Spirit, we can feel the peace and comfort from our Lord Jesus, and have the hope that things will change for the better.
We cannot face these things alone. We cannot come up with the answers alone.  We must trust in our Lord Jesus, have Him in ours lives, and believe He will help us.
This means we need God back in our schools, in our children's lives, in our workplace, and most importantly in our own life. Why shut Him out? He is the only Helper we have at times like these. We need Jesus Christ to guide us through these things.
For myself, I cannot even fathom how I would get through some things without Him. And I don't even want to think of that. I know I need Jesus, and I know you do too.
My friends, be encouraged, be hopeful, because you have someone willing to be with you always. So  let Him in. You will be forever changed.