Helping the helpless

It was late at night after in the summer. I was coming back home with my family after doing some grocery shopping.

Suddenly, we saw what we thought was a little girl sitting on a sidewalk on a heavy traffic area in the city. After we turned around we noticed it was not a little girl, she was 25.

My wife and I were very concerned. Why was she there? Who was she? How could we help?

On our first approach, my wife asked her why she was there, if we could be of any help. She suddenly started crying. It was very clear to us what we had to do at that time.

"For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you." Isaiah 41:13

At first I was a little skeptic because I didn’t know how the young lady would react. Knowing my wife’s calling, I agreed for her to get out of the car and have a conversation with her.  After a little while my wife came back and asked me to get out of the car and go with them to a fast food restaurant next to where we parked.

During dinner we learned that this young lady was living in the city for less than a year and that she was living with her dad. She told us she used to work at a school as an accountant, but it was hard for her to get a job. Even that she never mentioned anything we knew something bad or unpleasant happened to her. She was too scared to share more details of her story.

For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you."I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2

Knowing how important this is for us, my wife quickly presented her with the plan of salvation. In a matter of seconds after we prayed we noticed a change on her face. We knew something happened inside of her. Not because of what we said, but because of what God did at that time.

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35

No matter what we do for a living or how busy we might be, we should always look around. There’s somebody out there who needs our help. We have so much to give but to little to offer. It’s time that we get out of our comfort zone and start helping others.

That night we offered this lady the best gift someone could ever receive. It was God’s will for us to be there for her. He used us to prevent her from taking her own life.

It is time to go out there and do something about it.                 

“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” Philippians 2:12-13