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Psalms For Sunday November 2, 2008
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 12:1,2
Lord, Help Us
Help! This is the cry of millions around the globe. We hear the anguish in divorce courts, in bankruptcy courts, in unemployment lines, in sick rooms, and around the flower-decked mounds in the silent cities of the dead.
Help! This is the cry of our distress. It is proof of our inadequacy. If we were big enough, strong enough and smart enough to solve our problems, why beg for assistance? Thus a million cries for help are audible proof of our weak humanity, that it is not within frail and ailing man to supply all his needs.
But why did David cry for help in this instance? Godly men were disappearing; the faithful were failing; and in their place, people with lying lips and double hearts were prevailing. Enough to frighten anybody!
Whatever the cause, the forlorn feeling comes to all. When it does, let's say more than, "Help!" Let's say, "Help, Lord." May we address the powerless feeling to Him who is the ablest to help, as David did; for humans can go only so far and do only so much. And now let us remember:
God helps them that help themselves.
-Benjamin Franklin