I must choose

“Where does my help come from?”

The world has an answer:

Nobody is coming to save you.

So carry your burden alone.

Trust your strength.

Trust your plans.

Trust your hustle.

Trust the wisdom of men.

But I have read another Word.

“My help comes from the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.”

Psalm 121:2.

So the popular opinion

stands before God's Word

and I must choose.

One voice says,

“Nobody is coming.”

Christ says,

“I am here.”

One voice says,

“Save yourself.”

Christ says,

“Come to Me.”

One voice says,

“You are on your own.”

Christ says,

“I will keep you.”

Then this is not merely

a question of information.

It is a question of faith.

A question of allegiance.

A question of which voice

I will permit

to become my truth.

Christ is willing to save you.

Not because you are strong enough.

Not because you have figured life out.

Not because you deserve rescue.

He is willing

because He is merciful.

So make your decision.

You have been given

the terrifying freedom

to believe the world

or believe the Word.

You can worship

the wisdom of the crowd,

or kneel before

the Wisdom of God.

You can rehearse:

“Nobody is coming to save me.”

Or you can lift your eyes

toward the hills

and remember:

“My help comes from the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth.”

Choose.

Exercise your free will.

Believe God's Word.

Because perhaps

the greatest lie

the world ever taught you

was that you are alone.

Christ is willing to save you.

And He is already calling.