“You shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and He will say: Here I am!” The one thing that most challenges us is the one thing, by God’s grace, that I have only recently come to appreciate and be most grateful and thankful for, that is my own sense of being so spiritually poor and spiritually weak in the presence of God. Our world teaches us, our parents instruct us, our friends inform us and our community encourages us to take a stand, be strong, independent, and to rely on our own strength and wisdom. To never be weak or vulnerable but instead be self-sufficient, self-dependable, self-reliable because no one can do it better than you. We say, they say, you say, if you want it done right the first time then do it yourself. What does that say about you? What does that say about the rest of us? Well, thanks be to God, He has helped me to embrace and be most grateful for my own poverty and spiritual weakness. In the presence of God, in the sight of our Creator, in the knowledge of my own creation and existence, with God’s help, I have come to know, experience, and appreciate the great poverty God has so graciously formed me. Seriously, how can we say we are wealthy, secure, or rich in anything but God? Without God, we have nothing. Possessing God and being possessed by Him makes us the riches people in the world or in the universe for that matter. For God said, “My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours.” What? Hold up – what did you say? I am you son, your child, your beloved! I am here, in your presence, in your divine will always! Everything that is yours is mine! What more can one ask for? What more do we need? God’s grace must be enough. God’s grace must be sufficiently sufficient for all of us. We must learn to cry out to the Lord for grace and help. We must become spiritual poor, weak, vulnerable, and needy in the presence of the Almighty and beg for His divine grace. We must become poor beggars in God’s presence that He may graciously and lavishly pour out His gifts over us, enrich our poverty, and strengthen us in our weaknesses for we are truly heirs to God’s Kingdom. So, do not be afraid to cry out and say, “God come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me!”
