Be a True Help

Be a True Help

“There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great snares around it. Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.” Eccles. 9:14-15.

This poor man felt a sense of responsibility and this became the city’s salvation. He had lived near to the Lord and received wisdom.

The wise man certainly managed just fine without being remembered. But fortunate is the city, the country, the church and the family that has a wise man or woman in its midst, someone who has chosen to take responsibility by living a godly life and remaining close to the Lord. When the storms come they are there with their calm and their wisdom—with liberating words from heaven.

“I have given help to one who is mighty,” writes the Psalmist. Ps. 89:19. The mightiest of all is Jesus Christ. Words from Him can liberate us and then we can also be of help to others.

There can be difficult and tangled “knots” in a human heart. They can seem impossible to unravel. And there can be conflicts between spouses, family members, even between brothers and sisters. But the word of the cross can set you free. That’s where the wisdom lies. If you experience the power of the word of the cross for yourself, you can grow and become a great help in your surroundings. You partake of wisdom and can tell about your faith in the word of life, which is the strongest power in the universe. This resolves matters, so it becomes peaceful and good—resulting in fellowship. We sing in one of our songs, no. 70, verse 4 in WotL. “So let us be for Christ a useful vessel for every soul we meet throughout our days, so we can show them Jesus and His vic’try, that hearts be turned from grief to songs of praise.”

Such ones are tremendously important men and women, and they become useful in Christ Jesus. Think that you can receive grace to live your life in such a way that you are able to turn a heart from grief to songs of praise.

Let us seek to grow up and become such valuable people.