Bro. Todd always presents our SS Lesson in such a way even I can understand it. This past Sunday morning the lesson was about how we need the Holy Spirit for boldness and comfort. In Numbers 11:14 Moses needed help. "I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me." Sound familiar?
Tho' we are not called on to undertake the massive task God had prepared for Moses, we still need the help of our loving Father. Everyday. EVERYDAY. When the Spirit came on the people of old, they would testify. Just as the Lord gathered seventy men of the elders to be a help to Moses, He appoints others to be a help to us, and also, allows us to help others in this life. What a priviledge and blessing to be used of the Lord!
We feel we are in the valley when we stand in need of a miracle many times. A man in class Sunday morning pointed out that ONLY when we are in the valley, can we see an aspect of the love and care of Jesus as the Lily of the Valley, and as written in Psalms 23, our Shepherd, "He leads me beside the still waters...". Where else in life could we be to experience Jesus as such a Friend? God help us all to remember that the Lord is our Rock, our Salvation, our Help in time of trouble, our Confidence, our Hiding Place, our Strength, our Defense, our Refuge, our Comforter, our Trust, our Shield, our Merciful and Loving Father, our Peace and our Joy! When the storms come, and they will, it is good to think of Psalms 34:19. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." We just have to hold onto those promises that 'God doeth all things well'.
