From where does my help come?

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Just finished an extremely tiring and stressful work week. It is one of those weeks that I had no choice but to work on saturday just to get work done...but God again came through for me, and I just have to blog this as a form of thanksgiving...

It was another 3 days of late night teleconferences followed by early morning ones. During the actual working hours, I was too busy helping my colleagues and bosses with pressing issues to have time for my own work....and my deadline is looming....It was pressurising.

Funny that the way I responded to such situations is usually not in line what I thought I should do as a Christian. Instead of pausing to ask God for help and guidance, my first instinct was disappointingly worldly and human: I responded by working harder & by using my own wisdom to plan, to strategise. Not that working hard and planning is bad in itself....but the truth is that, I did not seem to allow God into the picture. I seem to live as if it is only my own strength that I can count on to get myself out of tight situations.

So as usual, God had to re-teach me the lesson that in ALL situations, it is "not by power, not by might, but by His Spirit."

Needless to say, all my "wisdom" and hardwork did not get me far....I got more and more bogged down and the problem that seemed straightforward to solve is turning into a nightmare. All my training and expertise seemed totally inadequate to get the problem fixed...and my deadline is dependant on that. Suddenly, it dawned upon me that even if I were to work through the weekend, I will still not get it done!

So I did what I should have done in the first place...I took some time off my workstation to have some peace and quiet, and more importantly, to align myself with God once again, and PRAY. That immediately made me feel so much better.

When I got back to my work desk, an idea, a new approach suddenly dawned on me. It was as if enlightenment just came upon me. It was uncanny....and it has to be God.

It was a simple approach (which is why it had to be God...I tend to complicate things). I worked it into the workstation and IT WORKED!

That saved me hours, possibly days....and that is not all....new ideas kept continuously coming to my head on what might be the possible root causes of the other problems I was seeing...and when I tested them, they turned out to be 100% accurate in helping me identify the problems! Amazing! Incredible!

From being initially worried that I may not get my work completed in time, I was suddenly ahead of schedule, in the wink of the eye.

Wow...another real-life demonstration of the Word of God coming to life! God again re-confirms His omnipotence and omnipresence, but most importantly, His love, grace and faithfulness. And to me...an important lesson re-learnt.

PS 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills--
where does my help come from?
PS 121:2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
PS 121:3 He will not let your foot slip--
he who watches over you will not slumber;
PS 121:4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
PS 121:5 The LORD watches over you--
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
PS 121:6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
PS 121:7 The LORD will keep you from all harm--
he will watch over your life;
PS 121:8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

Praise the Lord. And may this be the motto of my life from now on:

PS 20:7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Amen.
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