The Answerer

Sure can…just ask Him to and he will in a most amazing way.

God does and always will help people. He is always there and ready to help. You can get help – but it’s not like in a supermarket where you get what you want, when you want it. It is a lifetime learning experience, quite often filled with wonder at God’s goodness, but also filled with doubts, yes doubts: ’I wonder what God is doing now?’ thinking even, ‘God has forgotten me,’ and ’I feel lost and alone.’ King David was much loved by God had all three of those feelings with a good many ‘highs’ and a very large number of ‘lows’ throughout his long life.

As a teenager, David became famous for his simple boyhood trust in God. He told the giant Goliath: ‘You come with a sword and spear – I come with God’s help and I’ll kill you’. He ran towards the giant Goliath who was three metres tall, and David slung a stone from his slingshot that struck Goliath on the forehead and killed him. The Bible says: of that stone: ‘It hit him in the forehead and broke his skull and Goliath fell face downward on the ground.’ David ran up and used Goliath’s sword to remove his head. Great story. See First Samuel chapters 16 and 17.

Everyone soon loved and admired David, but not the king, no sir! King Saul secretly hated David and tried to kill him on several occasions. David was on the run from the king for several years because King Saul was jealous of him – and Saul knew very well that God was angry with him because he had disobeyed God, and that David was to be the future king.

King Saul’s foolishness is all in First Samuel chapters 17 to 31. Saul suicided in a battle at the end.

Being in God’s family and having ‘God help you’ is not ‘all honey with no bees,’ or ‘all roses and no thorns.’ The ‘thorns’ and ‘bees’ teach us that life is not all good times and trusting God is hard sometimes.

You are in the same ‘boat’ as the 12 Disciples. These guys knew a lot about Jesus but all of them ran away when Jesus was tried by Pilate, crucified, buried in a tomb and rose to life on the third day.

In John chapter 14 Jesus tried to tell his disciples that He was ‘going away’ and they would no longer see Him. They just could not understand what He meant. A bit like a lifelong friend saying: ‘I must go overseas and see you no more.’ What on earth did he mean? Get an older trusted Christian to explain to you what Jesus meant by ‘another helper, the Holy Spirit,’ in John chapters 14 and 15. Not easy for kids to understand.

Later, the disciples came to realise that Jesus was truly God’s son and Jesus promised them help from the Holy Spirit – not God as we think of Him. When ‘John the Baptist’ baptised Jesus, the Bible says: ‘As soon as Jesus was baptised, he came up out of the water. Then heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and landing on him. Then a voice said from heaven, “This is my own dear son, with whom I am pleased.”’ (Matthew chapter 3 verses 16 to17). Much is explained there: God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God is here, sort of representing God and Jesus on earth.

To get help just tell God that you know He is there, and that you want His help in your life and be a part of his family. Get to read your Bible too and a ‘Bible help’ book. Many are available free. Here is a website for one in Australia: www.word4u2day.com.au or Email: admin@word4u2day.com.au. My granddaughter gave me that name and she loves the book that’s posted to you, free, to help you with the Bible each day. Several others put out good Bible helps for kids, mostly free. Scripture Union are very good too.