Remember Those Who Have Helped You!

December 18, 2025

Remember Those Who Have Helped You!

We can be so desperate for someone to help us that when they do we feel so relieved and happy that we forget to remember all the help they gave to us.

Most of us will remember the help others have provided to us.  We give them words and gifts of appreciation as well as praise and recognition.  The greater our need for help, the more appreciative we are when that help comes.

But, what about two years later or five years later or even ten years later.  Do we still remember and celebrate the help that someone gave us when we were so desperate for help? 

In the moment, it is easy to remember the help another person has given.  However, with the passage of time it is easy to forget what others have done that has helped us to get where we are today.

It is true in our most important relationships, in our career opportunities, and in our spiritual life.  The help of other people opens doors.  Their help can get us unstuck or heal us from a deep hurt or give us hope for the future.

The Apostle Paul writes a letter to the churches in Rome during the first century.  He wants to impress upon the Christ-followers why he is so eager to proclaim the gospel in Rome.  One of the reasons Paul gives is he remembers what so many people have done to help him in his ministry.   

In Romans 1:14-15 Paul writes; “I am obligated both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish, hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.”  Paul is indebted to those who have helped him in his missionary work in Rome and in other places.   

We hear the importance of helping one another throughout the Bible.  In the wisdom literature of Ecclesiastes 4:10 we hear; “For if they fall, one will lift up the other, but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help.”  We need to help others and we will need others to help us.

In Isaiah 41:6 the prophet lifts up the value of helping one another when he writes; “Each one helps the other, saying to one another, ‘Take courage!’”  To love the Lord God means we will love other people.  When we love other people, we will help them in a practical way.

As we find ourselves one week away from the celebration of God’s love for us in the birth of Jesus, I encourage us to find an opportunity to help another person.

First, ask the Holy Spirit to put a burden on your heart or an image in your mind of a person you could help in a practical way between now and Christmas day.

Second, ask another person or the Holy Spirit to reveal the help that will be most beneficial to that person.  Make a plan, set a time, and offer help to a person you know the Lord loves.

Third, take a few moments each day between now and Christmas to remember a person who offered you help when you desperately needed it.  Give thanks to the Lord God for taking the initiative in helping you.  Take an opportunity to once again share your appreciation for their help as well as the difference their help has made in your life.

When we help another person delight is released in their life.  When another person helps us…and we remember and celebrate their help…delight is released in our heart.  Our response is to worship the Lord with great joy, deep delight, and amazing wonder.

Take Delight In The Lord!

Doug