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Daily Devotion: Arise - Psalm 44:26

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Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake. – Psalm 44:26

One of the greatest and most frequent prayers from the faithful must be for help in times of need. Certainly we should express praise and thanksgiving as often as possible, but I think if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that our most common prayer is for help, intervention and salvation. We need God’s divine help.

Jesus Christ is the ultimate answer to these ancient and contemporary and future cries for mercy and deliverance. As long as this old world shall turn and even beyond, we will need God’s help and the Savior is the very manifestation of God’s will toward us. Jesus brought truth and grace to fruition and in Him is all our hope.

So we shall continue to plead on sinful knees for God to arise for our help and redeem us not for our reward but rather His mercy’s sake. Amen.

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