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Oct 31, 2025 06:00am

Asking for Help Isn’t Weakness—It’s Worship

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No way—that’s not me. In my mind, I can do it—all by myself. No matter the job, I’ve got this.

Like the time we had several totes full of items that needed to be organized and put up. The worst thing you can say to me is “I’ll get to that later.” Because, let’s be honest, that’s just another way of saying “I probably won’t do that any time soon.” Which then makes me think, “I’ll just do it myself.”

I hefted each one of those totes, some full of antique glassware, others full of years of photographs, onto the top shelf. I’ll admit there was a moment when I stood on the stool, the tote resting on my leg as I mustered all the strength I had to lift it up—and I still wasn’t sure I could do it.

But as my husband entered the back of the basement and saw the floor cleared and all the totes in their proper place on the shelf, he just laughed.

“I was going to do that. Why didn’t you ask me for help?”

But, that’s just not me.

Until…

It is—it has to be. There is no other choice. As much as I don’t want to admit it, I can’t do it on my own. I need help.

I surrender.

We’d bought the plants, picked out the spots where they would go, all we needed to do was dig the holes.

It was put on the “Roundto-it list”—you know, those things you’ll get “around to” eventually?

My husband was busy with the dogs, had mowing to do, working in the puppy nursery, finishing out the chicken pen—there was a lot on his plate. So, I grabbed the shovel and thought, I’ll just do it myself.

I dug about three inches into the ground. Ok, that might be pushing it. Truthfully, it might have been an inch. Rocks, rocks, and more rocks. The ground was so hard, there was no getting through it. I jumped on that shovel, I beat the ground with the tip, I did all I could to no avail.

Hot, sweaty, and frustrated, I threw the shovel down and raised my hands in defeat. I surrender! I can’t do it. I need help.

Have you been there? Maybe it’s just me who thinks I can do it all.

1 Corinthians 1:8–11
“We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety.”

What do you do when you come to the end of yourself? Paul and his companions had traveled to Asia to share the gospel. They were met with great opposition. While we don’t know exactly what they encountered there, we know it was extreme to the point they thought they were going to die.

There was nothing they could do to save themselves.

But it was at that moment—the moment they surrendered all of their efforts—that they were able to fully rely on God.

Sometimes our greatest suffering brings about our greatest blessing. In our weakness, He is strong. God is able to do more than we can think or imagine—exceedingly abundantly, as Scripture says. But we have to surrender. We have to let go.

Only Christ has the power to save us and sustain us.

Have you come to the end of yourself? Are you fully surrendered and relying on the Lord?

Today, call out to Him and ask Him for help. Loosen your grip on the things you think you have control of.

Let go—and let God.

Go to follow.lifeword.org
to learn more about surrendering to Jesus.