How to seek God’s help?
Ask God to help you focus on his compassion and grace to lift you out of your despair and heart ache. Whether it’s spiritual protection from Satan’s attack or physical protection, we can come to God and ask him to be our protector and provider. Seek refuge and lean on God, not on your own strength or abilities.
Let’s see how David seeks God’s help in times of trouble? in Psalms chapter 5, 57, 86, 121, 130.
Psalms 5: Lord, listen to me and understand what I am trying to say. My God and King, listen to my prayer. Every morning, Lord, I lay my gifts before you and look to you for help. And every morning you hear my prayers. God, you don’t want evil people near you. They cannot stay in your presences. Fools cannot come near you. You hate those who do evil. You destroy those who tell lies. Lord, you hate those who make secret plans to hurt others. But by your great mercy, I can enter your house. I can worship in your holy Temple with fear and respect for you. Lord, show me your right way of living, and make it easy for me to follow. People are looking for my weaknesses, so show me how you want me to live. My enemies never tell the truth. They only want to destroy people. Their words come from mouths that are like open graves. They use their lying tongues to deceive others. Punish them, God! Let them be caught in their own traps. They have turned against you, so punish them for their many crimes. But let those who trust in you is happy forever. Protect and strengthen those who love your name. Lord, when you bless good people, you surround them with your love, like a large shield that protects them.
Psalms 57: God, be merciful to me. Be kind because my soul trusts in you. I have come to you for protection, while the trouble passes. I pray to God Most High for help, and he takes care of me completely! From heaven he helps me and saves me. He will punish the one who attacks me. God will remain loyal to me and send his love to protect me. My life is in danger. My enemies are all around me. They are like man-eating lions, with teeth like spears or arrows and tongues like sharp swords. God, rise above the heavens! Let the entire world see your glory. My enemies set a trap for my feet to bring me down. They dug a deep pit to catch me, but they fell into it. God, I am ready, heart and soul, to sing songs of praise. Wake up, my soul! Harps and lyres, wake up, and let’s wake the dawn! My Lord, I will praise you before all people. I will sing praises about you to every nation. Your faithful love is higher than the highest clouds in the sky! Raise above the heavens, God. Let the entire world see your glory.
Psalms 86: I am a poor, helpless man. Lord, please listen to me and answer my prayer! I am your follower, so please protect me. I am your servant, and you are my God. I trust in you, so save me. My Lord, be kind to me. I have been praying to you all day. My Lord, I put my life in your hands. I am your servant, so make me happy. My Lord, you are good and merciful. You love all those who call to you for help. Lord, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy. I am praying to you in my time of trouble. I know you will answer me. My Lord, there is no God like you. No one can do what you have done. My Lord, you made everyone. I wish they all would come worship you and honour your name. You are great and do amazing things. You and you alone are God. Lord, teach me your ways, and I will live and obey your truths. Help me make worshiping your name the most important thing in my life. My Lord God, I praise you with all my heart. I will honour your name forever! You have such great love for me. You save me from the place of death. Proud people are attacking me, God. A gang of cruel men is trying to kill me. They don’t respect you. My Lord, you are a kind and merciful God. You are patient, loyal, and full of love. Show that you hear me and be kind to me. I am your servant, so give me strength. I am your slave, as my mother was, so save me! Lord, show me a sign that you care for me. My enemies will see it and be disappointed, because you helped and comforted me.
Psalms 121: I look up to the hills, but where will my help really come from? My help will come from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth. He will not let you fall. Your Protector will not fall asleep. Israel’s Protector does not get tired. He never sleeps. The Lord is your Protector. The Lord stands by your side, shading and protecting you. The sun cannot harm you during the day, and the moon cannot harm you at night. The Lord will protect you from every danger. He will protect your soul. The Lord will protect you as you come and go, both now and forever!
Psalms 130: Lord, I am in deep trouble, so I am calling to you for help. My Lord, listen to me. Listen to my cry for help. Lord, if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left alive. But you forgive people, so they fear and respect you. I am waiting for the Lord to help me. My soul waits for him. I trust what he says. I am waiting for my Lord, like a guard waiting and waiting for the morning to come. Israel,* trust in the Lord. The Lord is the one who is faithful and true. He saves us again and again, and he is the one who will save the people of Israel from all their sins.
Psalms 119, 169-176: Lord, listen to my cry for help. Make me wise, as you promised. Listen to my prayer. Save me, as you promised. I will burst into songs of praise, because you have taught me your laws. Let my voice sing about your word, because all your commands are good. I have chosen to follow your instructions, so reach out and help me! Lord, I want you to save me. Your teachings make me happy. Let me live to praise you. Let me find the help I need in your laws. I have wandered away like a lost sheep. Come and find me. I am your servant, and I have not forgotten your commands.
Matthew 7: 7-12 tells us to ask God for what you need
Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you. Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive? Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them. “Do any of you have a son? If he asked for bread, would you give him a rock? Or if he asked for a fish, would you give him a snake? Of course not! You people are so bad, but you still know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him. A Very Important Rule “Do for others what you would want them to do for you. This is the meaning of the Law of Moses* and the teaching of the prophets.*
“Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:6)
