The Greatest Help

I was a nobody, but I prayed, and the Lord saved me from all my troubles.

Psalm 34:6 (CEV)

In a world of billions of people, who cares about one little girl?

Preena’s mother had rejected her, giving her to people who would physically and sexually abuse her. She ran away, slogging through a large body of water at night, and by morning found herself in a church. It was 1901 in India. Preena begged the woman working there for help.

The lady was Amy Carmichael, a missionary from Ireland. She had little money, and even less authority or defensive strength. But she had a God who held great might and power and who cared for nobodies like her and this little, helpless girl.

Amy saved Preena and then hundreds more vulnerable children. This female foreigner even disguised herself and went into dangerous situations to find and rescue children in desperate need.

When Amy bravely offered the Lord control of her life, he used her and blessed her in ways she could never have imagined. The woman with no husband or children of her own opened a refugee school for many, many children who called her “Mother.” The woman with no resources raised hundreds of children because God never failed them.

Against all odds, God provides the greatest help. He is always there when we need him. Just imagine what he can do through you when you give your life for his use? Pray today, asking God how he would like to work through a nobody like you!

SPIRITUAL FITNESS TRAINING

In what ways do you feel powerless, vulnerable, forgotten? Bring it to the Lord. Then pray about how God can use you to be a miracle in someone’s life today.

INSPIRATION

“It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, he always strengthens.”

—Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary to India in the early 1900s

KEEP IT GOING

Related passages: These additional verses will help you expand Scriptural knowledge and place on the armor of God’s Word to tackle each day. Swipe to read the passages today.

Psalm 28:8

Psalm 33:17–18

2 Corinthians 9:8

Philippians 4:19