“Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?” Is.50.2 ESV
God has asked this question to many people facing many different trials—refugees oppressed by war, sinners oppressed by sin, those suffering various addictions, a wife under the hand of a cruel husband, a child with abusive parents, thousands under religious persecution, or precious souls being smothered by anxiety or crushed by depression. No matter what oppresses God offers His redeeming power to all who will ask for it. Not everybody wants His kind of help and so tragically, oppression continues to oppress many. What kind of help does God offer? Divine help of course, for this is the only help He can really give, help governed by absolute goodness. C. S. Lewis pointedly remarks that God’s help is “the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from… Some people talk as if meeting the gaze of absolute goodness would be fun. They need to think again. They are still only playing with religion. Goodness is either the great safety or the great danger — according to the way you react to it.”1/24/2009 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
