Help Hope

Good Morning,

Psalm 146:5 (NIV)
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God
Psalm 146:5 (AMP)
Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God

We often wonder why we don't feel the way, or ways, that we think we ought to be feeling. We don't feel blessed. We're not happy. We don't think our lives are what one might call fortunate. And, certainly, we don't think that anyone thinks the life we're living is to be considered enviable. Too often many of us feel exactly the opposite of what we read in today's verse of Scripture.

So, why?

The answer to the "why" of how we feel about ourselves and the life we live is ALSO in this short verse of Scripture. And...it is so simple an answer that we just overlook it.

We can, and WILL, feel happy, blessed, fortunate and enviable in our lives IF and WHEN we do as the Psalmist tells us. That is: When we truly turn to God for our help in this life we live; When our hope is in the Lord.

You see, this world teaches us that our "help" in living our lives is in, well, is in US. That means that we are taught that each individual should find help in himself/herself or in worldly principles. We are also taught, too often, that any hope we have is ALSO to be found in our own actions and what we feel inside ourselves. Our hope and help simply comes from human beings who are anything BUT hopeful or helpful much too often.

The question to us is simply: In what (Who) do we find our personal help and hope for life?

Answer needs to be: God

If it's anything other than the Lord God of the universe, well, we shall NEVER feel blessed, or happy, or fortunate, or enviable in any way.

Nothing complicated about what we should learn from this verse of Scripture.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David