The power born of fragility
Dr. Roberto Miranda
SUMMARY: All effective prayer is born from a recognition of one's essential helplessness and a turning towards God for mercy and assistance. Without God's intervention, life can be chaotic and overwhelming. Psalm 124 expresses this overwhelming awareness that without God's intervention, we would easily succumb to the enemy. The central message of the psalm is that divine intervention is an extraordinary source of salvation, and the poet affirms that God accompanies his people through the vicissitudes of life. It is essential to recognize our frailty and entrust ourselves to the Almighty before undertaking anything significant in life.
All prayer, all effective approach of the human being towards God, in one way or another is born from a sense of essential helplessness on the part of the person who prays. Prayer will always be the product of a recognition that we do not have what is required, that we lack the wisdom, the strength, the solution, the resources, that we need.
The sentence always comes from a man or a woman who looks at himself and says, “I don't know what to do; I don't have what I need. What is required to win in this situation is not within me ”. But prayer always goes beyond that initial recognition of inadequacy. After admitting his helplessness, the person who believes turns his eyes to God, extends his hands, and opens his soul in expectation of the merciful response of the heavenly Father. The words of Psalm 123 immediately come to mind:
The sentence always comes from a man or a woman who looks at himself and says, “I don't know what to do; I don't have what I need. What is required to win in this situation is not within me ”. But prayer always goes beyond that initial recognition of inadequacy. After admitting his helplessness, the person who believes turns his eyes to God, extends his hands, and opens his soul in expectation of the merciful response of the heavenly Father. The words of Psalm 123 immediately come to mind:
