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Provoking God’s Help I


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God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble Ps. 46:1 (Amp)

In my last piece, I focused on the help of God and the various ways by which God can send you help. Then comes the big question that you are probably waiting to ask; Is there anything I can do to provoke God’s help? Certainly, there are steps you can take to provoke the help of God and these steps aren’t beyond your reach as long as you truly desire to experience His help. Bear in mind that God has made provision such that the most important things in this life basically cost nothing and are within the reach of everyone. So then let us explore some of the steps to provoking the help of God.

Step 1. Be conscious that God wants to help you.
God who made you has something to say to you; the God who formed you in the womb wants to help you. Isa. 44: 2 (MSG)
As simple as it sounds, many people don’t believe that God wants to help them. You can mentally assent to the fact that God can help you, but still be uncertain about His willingness to really help you. I think it is also important to ask yourself a simple question; what does God stand to gain from not helping you? Nothing. But He stands to gain everything by helping you. You cannot provoke the help of God without a true consciousness that God not only can help you, but that He is more than willing to do so, and He has already put everything in place for your help. Provoking the help of God begins with the consciousness that God is willing and not just able to help you. When you have the mindset that God may be against you or opposing you, then you are stuck and that is exactly where the Devil will like you to be. Open your mind to the word of God and see for yourself that God will do just anything to help you. You see, once you settle in your heart that God wants you to succeed and to prosper, then you will appreciate that He will help you succeed, and your journey in life becomes easy and interesting. Easy not because there will be no challenges, but because the Greater one is on your side to help you and He is turning your challenges to testimonies. This is what it really means to believe in the love that God has for you; the love that makes God more desirous to see you prosper than you could ever personally desire for yourself.

Step 2. Pray in the Spirit.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Rom. 8: 26 (KJV)
Prayer certainly is one way to provoke the help of God. But here, I am even more particular about praying in the spirit. You see we do not know how to pray as we ought to just as the scripture says, but the Spirit helps our infirmities as we pray in the spirit. If you want to provoke the help of God concerning any issue in your life, then spend extended times praying in the spirit concerning that issue. Some times people claim to pray, but they are really not praying, they are only pretending to be praying so as to not appear to be irresponsible. Real prayer in the spirit will change you as much as it changes the situation, because praying in the spirit makes tremendous power available. Set out time to pray in the spirit and you may also add a fast as you seek the help of God, then you will experience God’s marvellous help like never before in your life.

As I wrap up this first part, let me quickly point out that these steps must be taken in order. Don’t attempt to jump to praying in the spirit without having first settled in your consciousness that God is willing to help you. Recall we said that provoking the help of God begins with the consciousness that God wants to help you. Some folks have made a mess of prayer by putting prayer first without first settling in their heart that God is not just able, but He is willing. Such folks go to the place of prayer pleading with God for His willingness when He was more than willing all along. Then there are those who have concluded that prayer doesn’t really work all the time, when in fact, they are the ones that needed to make an adjustment to enjoy a fruitful prayer experience.

I am believing God with you that whatever the desires of your heart may be, as you follow these steps in order, you will receive your much needed help.

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