With all my problems

In my experience, women are far ahead of men in the area of prayers for help. We men are stubborn creatures. We go as long as we can stand it trying to do everything on our own. Somehow we get it into our heads that if we ask for help, we are weak. We lose the game. We might forfeit our “man card.” There is a long-running story about men preferring to drive in circles for half an hour when they could have gotten help in three minutes. It’s true.

There is no point in suffering any longer than you have to. God not only accepts our calls for help; he encourages them. The Bible’s book of Psalms gives many examples of believers, males included, who had exhausted their own resources and needed divine help. “The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord: ‘Lord, save me!’” (Psalm 116:3,4).

What burdens are you carrying right now that you need help with? (Psst—guys, there is no shame in asking for God’s help.) He who did not hesitate to send his own Son to the cross has demonstrated beyond all doubt that he loves you. If he did the Big Thing, he will surely do the littler things to help his children.

He has resources to send into your life, but he’s waiting to be asked.