The Lord is my Helper

(Hebrews 13:6) “So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"

Our minds, by nature do not love spiritual things. We will attend to any outward do, or any external sacrament: but to bring hearts into subject to our Fathers divine will, to bow the knee to the Most High, to serve the Lord will our mind, heart and soul, the natural man abhors. Yet nothing less will suffice in turning us from our captivity.

When considering what it means to be reliant upon the Lord as our helper. I speak to believers, if by nature I am in opposition to the will of God, there must be some instruction I can take to heart and apply to my life so that I may begin to walk victoriously as a Christian. I need reassurance that God is my helper and therefore I will fear no man, or the opinions of men when they endeavour to overpower the word of God through deceit or vain babblings. I need a reassurance through faith, which is a gift of God to equip me to want to fight the good fight of faith and wade side by side with fellow believers in Christ through the “slough of despond.” It is imperative that we achieve this objective; “So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?" It must become a way of life for every true believer and not an afterthought when life and its cares have overthrown me.

Whilst looking to scripture and reading literature from our brothers in the faith who have already run the race and have finished well. I have drawn some helps that I think will aid us with confidence to say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?" The writer of Hebrews helps us hang on to the promises of God, and here we have another beautifully rich reassuring verse for us to chew upon with vigour and then once digested it encourages us to believe another promise of God. We must confess our helplessness without God, and honestly mean the confession. The first thing that is required of us is to lament the fact that, by and of ourselves, we can do nothing; even as our Lord said to his disciples, “without me ye can do nothing." The sooner we identify this truth, the better. Our half-doing is our undoing; but when we cease from self, then we make way for God.

“God resists the proud but He gives grace to the humble,” I am aware of the fact that I often make reference to this verse, I realise that pride is always at the door looking to break through and occupy my house. Not that I could ever have much to boast about even if I wanted to; my life has been a very poor example and not one to be mimicked. However because our hearts are desperately wicked by nature, I must have guards that constantly watch every entrance; they all go by the same name and wear the same uniforms with an inscription clear for all to see upon their chest, which reads, “Jesus only!” They constantly remind me; (Ephesians 2:8-9) “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

The Lord is our helper when none else can; He has promised to be the helper of His people; He has laid help for them on Christ, who is mighty; and He has helped by dying on a cruel Roman cross in their stead, that He might help them; He has set up a throne of grace for them to come to, where they may find help; Not a throne of grace that the believer may sheepishly approach and hope that he will find grace in time of need. It is a throne that the Father has sanctioned and said, “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” Individually, let us come boldly so that by experience it may confirm the truth of this assertion; “we must realise the people of God are of themselves helpless; there is no help for them in man; their help is only in the Lord; who helps them out of the pit of sin and misery; out of the hands of all their enemies; out of all their afflictions, and "out" of all the dangers they are exposed unto by Satan and his temptations, by reason of a body of sin and death, and no account of the world, and the men of it: He helps them "in" the exercise of grace, and in the discharge of duty;”

Let us always consider this promise, “So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"

Signing off

Tyrone