If you have a spiritual or religious background, then you’ve most likely heard the “God Will Save Me!” story at some point in time. I was honestly a little surprised though when my partner told me he had never heard of it, which is why I’ve included it at the end of today’s entry.
The story itself is one that is used quite often when people speak about waiting on God for help. In the 12 Steps realm, I’ve heard many who were recovering from an addiction share this parable and explain how it related to them waiting upon God to save them from their disease. Each have consistently said how they somehow overlooked every single time God tried to do just that for them. Not so ironically, I too at times have been far too busy in my own ego, especially during my addiction-laden years, believing God’s help was going to come in a certain way. In doing so, I as well missed out on many of my Higher Power’s attempts at outstretching a helping hand.
This is why I regularly practice on my own spiritual journey nowadays to pay more attention to even the slightest of signs that could be God’s help coming my way. The struggle for me though with this has always been at deciphering when those signs of help are actually coming from God, or when they’re totally coming from something else, such as the darkness in this world trying to screw me up and steer me down the wrong path.
Case in point, I’ve had plenty of times where people heard me share about my health issues and in turn offer me suggestions on doctors to go see, holistic techniques to try, or even given me their own diagnosis of what potential disease or illnesses I may have. All too frequently when this has happened, I’ve only been filled with more doubt and more fear and never had much success, if any at all, when pursuing their help.
But, there have also been a bunch of examples where people gave me some suggestions that immediately led to a calming effect within me. A good example of this was when a holistic practitioner advised me once to go read a book titled “The Afterlife of Billy Fingers”. For some reason, that title sat within me for days and weeks and I kept getting a calming reassurance inside that I really needed to read it. When I finally did download a copy, the book gave me exactly that. Every time I read a chapter I felt more connected to God and completely at peace.
Ultimately, I’m convinced that when God is trying to get my attention and offer me help in some way, shape, or form, that when it comes, it’s usually with that reassuring feeling and often presented to me in several different ways. But when it’s arising from something other than God, I normally will feel greater fear, panic, doubt, worry, and the like instead.
So while I do love this “God Will Save Me!” story that I’ve attached below a lot, I fully believe these days that not everyone’s help being offered is always coming from my Higher Power. I think the key to figuring out whether it is or isn’t, is to get in touch with how I feel anytime that help is presented. When it’s not arising from God, it generally seems to be something that only causes me greater aggravation and unrest in life. But when it is originating from my Higher Power, it tends to come my way more than once bringing me greater peace and comfort each time it does. And thankfully this continues to prove true for, especially as of late…
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
GOD WILL SAVE ME!
A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.
A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”
The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”
As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”
The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”
The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.
A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, “Grab my hand and I will pull you up!” But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”
Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.
When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”
And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”