6-9-2016

Good Morning All!! 

         1 Thessalonians 5:11; “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”

Help! I need somebody
Help! not just anybody
Help! you know I need someone
Help!

 

    If you are of the right age you know just how the rest of the song goes.  It was one of the Beatles biggest hits and was the theme song for the second movie that the Beatles released.  “Help” was released in 1965 and was written by John Lennon.  It was widely perceived as a comical movie designed to feature the 14 Beatle songs featured.  Yet Lennon later wrote how this song actually was a cry for help.  The intensity of the rise and popularity of the Beatles, combined with John Lennon’s shyness, self-image struggles and moderate bouts with depression led him to write a song that was truly a cry for help.

    John Lennon is not the only person who needs help.  Everyone needs help.  This grows out of the fact that God created us to be social creatures.  We were not designed to live alone or without companionship.  We are designed to live in unity and harmony with one another.  It is sin that pulls us apart and places walls between us.  Sin is about separating us from loving relationships both the perfect love of God but also the imperfect love of our spouses, family, friends and neighbors.  We need love but that love is not from anyone in general; we need the love of our fellow Christian brothers and sisters to help us cope with the struggles of daily life.

    We need fellow Christians to actually help to build us up.  True brothers and sisters in Christ offer prayers for and with us.  True brothers and sisters want what is best for you.  True brothers and sisters seek your salvation and that you continue as God’s child.  This is intrinsic in man’s heart.  God wants us to want to be with each other and to care for one another and support one another.  So if the opportunity arises for you to be a friend and help your neighbor, be sure and fill the need.  God uses our hands and our hearts to express his love for his creation.

    If you are in need of help, seek out your Christian brothers and sisters.  Too often we let pride, fear or a lack of understanding how God works.  God cares for us daily but it is usually through the creation which he has made.  He uses everyday things to sustain us.  He will use the arms and hearts of our brothers and sisters in Christ.  This is how God chooses to usually bring us healing and comfort.  Go to your brothers and sisters for help; it is God’s plan for us all.

Father, you help your people through your redeemed children.  Your healing is at work in the hands and hearts of those upon whom you give peace and hope.  Lead me to help my neighbors when they are hurting or in need.  Guide me to ask my brothers and sisters for your grace.  In the precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.

God’s Peace,

Pastor Bret