I may not see in front of me, But I can see for miles around when I look over my shoulder, and Lord, it`s clear. You`ve brought me here, So faithful every step of the way. What can I do but follow you, For You are the Way, the Truth, the Life, And You`ve promised never to leave me, My Savior, my friend, From beginning to end.
I Am Found In You
by
Steven Curtis Chapman
Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck. Psalms 69:1 NLT
Trials are clear throughout the Bible. The most revered servants of God suffered through trials. I love today’s verse. I’ve prayed it many times. David was in the midst of a trial and at that moment, there were no flowery words to his prayer. This isn’t the poetry of the “23rd Psalm”. This is simply a man going through a trial calling on the God he knows and loves.
Have you had those times in trials? You don’t really know what to pray, but you fully understand that you need help, so you cry out to God for help. At those moments, it is comforting to me to see that honesty is really all that matters.
If you have been following this series then we have defined what a trial is. Of course, as we also established, definitions really aren’t necessary for trials. You know one when it comes upon you. Have you taken your trial to God in perfect honesty, admitting your insufficiency to handle the trial, and cried out for help? Have you simply prayed something like David, something like “Help me God! I’m drowning down here!” God hears that kind of prayer.
Several years ago I was preparing for a mission trip to a country who’s language I do not speak. I had some practice tapes of some common words and phrases to help me in general situations, such as how to find a hotel, a restaurant, a hospital, or the police. One phrase the tape taught me to say was the word for “help”. I remember playing it in the car with my boys and laughing with them that I thought I could probably handle that one better than any of the other. If I were really ever in a desperate situation for help, I think I could communicate that need in any language. The cry for help seems to be a universal language.
If you need help today from God, don’t worry about the words as much as the heart. Cry out to God! Help! Save me God!
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