His Finger of Help

Call To Prayer 

 Title: His Finger of Help

 By: Daniel Peter 

 Date: 10.09.2024

 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers Matt. 23:4 KJV

 When speaking to the Jews and rebuking them for giving the people many instructions without helping them, the choice of words Jesus Christ used gave a revelation of the mind of God concerning keeping His commandments. He said, “… but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers”. Christ expects us to keep His commandments. But unlike the Jews, He has provided help, His finger. 

 The finger of God is the Holy Spirit, and He is the help that God has provided for us to keep His commandments. We can see the Holy Spirit as the finger of God when we consider biblical narratives of when Jesus Christ was talking about how He casts out demons. In the book of Luke, it was written that He said “… But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you (Luke 11:20)“. And Matthew reported the same event by recording the speech of Jesus as “… But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you (Matthew 12:28 NIV)”. This confirms that the finger of God is indeed the Holy Spirit.

 With the above known, how do we access the help ministry of the Holy Spirit, especially in the area of keeping His instructions? We do so by asking Him. As we pray “Lord, help me to keep your instructions”, the Holy Spirit is activated to provide strength where we are weak. When the writer of Hebrew mentioned that we should “therefore come boldly to the throne of grace… and find grace to help in time of need (Heb. 4:16)”, it was this dimension of God’s help He was bringing us to the knowledge of. Asking God for His help in keeping His instructions is the key of righteousness. 

 God’s instructions go beyond the written word, it includes every impressions of the Holy Spirit. By accessing the help He provides by His finger, we are empowered to walk in all ways pleasing to Him.

 Prayer Point.

 Let’s thank God for His word today. Let’s ask Him to help us keep His instructions.

Repost from: 13.11.2023