Looking for help? You are looking in the right direction! God will help, if you will seek him. He is a very present help in times of trouble. Stephen knew this and he looked up when he was faced with adversity.
Acts 7:44-56 (WEB)
44) “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45) which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
46) who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47) But Solomon built him a house.
48) However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49) ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest?
50) Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
51) “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52) Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53) You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
54) Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55) But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56) and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
44) “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45) which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
46) who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47) But Solomon built him a house.
48) However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49) ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest?
50) Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
51) “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52) Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53) You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
54) Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55) But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56) and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
When I saw the president on TV yesterday, it occurred to me that he didn't have a plan to address yet another crisis; he just wanted to talk. I thought how powerless he looked and realized he was very alone. When I saw this picture, it occurred to me that he just needs to look to God for help and then DO SOMETHING!!!