"Bail Me Out"

"And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side." Judges 8:34

The nature of people is to want everything to go the way they want it to go.  We don't like when problems come our way.  When we do, we want them solved immediately.  We start looking for a way out of them.  Many people turn to the Lord God for help and "deliverance" from their problem.  I am not talking about those of us who look to Him daily and constantly because He is our Savior and Lord, because we know that He is and has our answer and we can turn to Him for help.  I am mostly talking about those who haven't given their lives to Him and have made Him Lord over their lives.

I see this a lot throughout society.  I see what I am talking about on social media daily.  There are people who post some of the most ungodly, evil posts, filled with horrible language, blasphemes, and immorality-- I don't even look at their pages because I know that is what I will see.  But you will notice that when these same people get in trouble or have a problem, they get "religious" all of a sudden.  Their posts are then filled with prayer request, scriptures and asking God to help them. 

They start asking Him to intervene, to come to their rescue, make a way, give them a solution, fight their battle, solve their problem--- "bail them out!" In His loving grace and mercy He does. But sadly, once He does, they go their "merry" way, just glad the problem is resolved or the crisis is over.  They soon forget the promises and vows that they made to Him if He would just help them.  They forget His goodness, His mercy and the miracles that He performed to bring about the answer.  Their gratitude is momentary. He is soon forgotten... until the next time they need help.

Tell me, what's wrong with this picture. Yes, we should cry out to Him for help- He is our helper and He is the only one who can help us. But we shouldn't forget Him, neglect Him or go back to our same way of living once He has helped us. We don't "use Him" to get what we want or need then "discard" Him once He's "bailed us out". We need Him desperately in the good times and bad times, in the times of need and lack as well as in the times of plenty. He is not just our "problem solver", He is God- our object of worship. He isn't just provider- He is the one we love and adore. He should be our desire at all times not just in times of need.

Have a great day. We don't run to Him when we need help then forget Him once the crisis is over.