Daily Devotion For December 21

Your Helper

I was around the age of six years old and things were changing in my life. I had just started 'big school' and now had more things to do than just playing all day.

I remember how around this time my mom took me aside one day. She said that I needed to come and learn how to make up the bed fresh.

Up until that point everything had been done for me by either my mom or the maid. I had simply enjoyed having a chilled out, carefree life. But it was about to change now, especially on a Saturday.

My mom took me to the linen closet and we took out two clean sheets and a pillowcase. We came back to the room and she stripped the bed completely. Then she showed me step by step how to make up my bed from scratch.

It seemed easy enough to do it with her. But then when the next Saturday came she said that I needed to do it myself. She wasn't going to help me again.

Wow that was a big job for me! I remember that it took me probably half an hour or more to do it the first time. I found it tiring and I hated a Saturday morning because I had to do it.

Of course with age things got much better and I carried on doing it by myself through the years. But then one day after me and my current husband were married it all changed.

One day as I was making the bed up he came in at the perfect timing. I was busy about to pull the top sheet up and he took the other side of the sheet and helped me.

That was awesome. Then he helped me to put on the duvets, and in no time at all the bed was made up and looking lovely.

That day I was so surprised at how quickly the bed-making process took place. It was as though having just one person to help me didn't just double up the speed. It took a quarter of the time to get it done.

I was so pleased that day to have a helper in the natural. But you don't only need help in the natural. You need it in the spiritual realm too.

The Holy Spirit is that helper to you. He is the one who will come and join forces with you to help you to work more efficiently.

He will come and meet with you when you are feeling frail and need some strength. He will help you to do even simple things and make them easier.

He is like Les was to me. He will come in at the perfect time and help you to be successful in whatever tasks you are doing for the Lord.

So don't leave this valuable helper out of your spiritual life. Ask Him to come and help you. He is more than willing to come and to bring blessing into your life in every area.

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Holy Spirit I want to invite you now to be my helper in every area of my life. Thank you for always being there and for helping us to get the job done quickly.

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Today may you join forces with the Holy Spirit. May you invite Him to be a part of your life and to help you.