Psalms 81:6 “I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor.7 You called to me in your pain; I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain.
We read in 1st Peter to cast all our cares; anxieties; burdens on the Lord Jesus Christ BECAUSE He cares for us. Here in this song we find a confirmation.
On a particular day in Vietnam we were rushing out to rescue another company who had been fighting for several days, had run out of ammunition and fighting hand-to-hand. As a Marine my job was the portable shoulder rockets and explosives. I had 6 rockets in a special pack on my back (125 lbs.) and my regular pack (35 lbs.). The load was not quit right and as a result, my left arm became limp with no feeling in it.
My arm was flopping around like a flag in the breeze leaving me useless to my platoon. My support man came up behind me lifting the load until feeling and control returned to my arm. He then help me adjust the load, all the time as we were rushing out to reach the company in trouble. Moments later I had to release one the rockets disabling the enemy and we were able to save what was left of the platoon.
That fellow Marine saved my arm enabling me to get back in the fight saving our lives and accomplishing our rescue.
I see that in this verse. Many times God rescues us in such a way of getting us back in the fight rather than doing the job for us, disabling us from learning, growing, get stronger and making us lazy. His help is not always what we expect, but it is always perfect in His delivering the Grace at the right moment to realize the victory.
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