Helpless

I was in between sleep and waking while I heard Neil Young singing the words to his song “Helpless.” Except the words were changed to “Help Me. Help Me.” I lay listening for a bit and then got up and wrote down what I was getting from God. I was not alarmed by what I heard for myself. My spirit immediately brought me to Psalm 42:5 “Why are you downcast O my soul? Why so disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him. For the help of His countenance.” And to Psalm 43:3: “Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me.”

The lyrics to Neil Young’s song say, “Babe can you hear me now? The chains are locked and tied across the door.” Terrifying words. It speaks to what the Lord said in Matthew 25 and Luke 13 to those who approach Him too late or believe they have done so many things in His name only to hear, “Depart from Me I never knew you.” So many follow a god of their own making. We’re told in Proverbs 3 to trust in Him and not rely on our own understanding. And the Apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 1 that we are to abound in knowledge of Him and depth of insight so that we can discern what is best and be found blameless on the day of the Lord. Yet millions follow a gospel made up by man. A nationalistic Christianity. A gospel that pays no heed to taking up one’s cross daily. This path leads to death.

In Luke 6 Jesus asks why do you call Him Lord but not do the things He says? How can so many support this demonic maga-christianity and claim to have a walk with the Lord? How do you not speak up when the marginalized are being brutalized? When racism and anti-semitism are constantly before our face? When autocracy and kingship are seen as OK in one Donald Trump, yet the King we are to learn of and be like is relegated to second class status. Yet, does not Peter tell us in 1 Peter that His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him? So, what are we missing? Who are we following? Who has bewitched you?

Neil Young’s lyrics also say. “In my mind I still need a place to go.” That is so true today. Yet we are to have the mind of Christ. We are not to feel “Helpless.” In Him we live and move and have our being. If we so choose to. Follow what the apostle James said. Submit to God. Not this man-made gospel of distortion and death. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands. Purify your hearts you double-minded. (James 4) Seek Him for all you’re worth. There are so many in my mind that I pray seek Him anew as I write this. You are only helpless when not standing with Him. Blessings.