Our Singular Source of Help

Psalm 60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

As believers, the carnal man can give us no help at all and even the godly man has no help of his own but can only help by directing us towards heaven, so our only source of true help is from God Himself, in Whom there is an abundance of power and ability for us in every situation no matter how big or small the problem may be.

1. The carnal man can give us no help at all

• Isaiah 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
• Psalm 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help

2. The regenerated man can only give us help the points toward heaven

• Any help that comes from the man of God is really from God Himself.
• The man of God is only a vessel used to administer divine help.
• II Chronicles 32:7-8 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• As a good leader, Hezekiah could only direct the people to trust in God.

3. God can gives us help in every situation

• Psalm 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
• Daniel 11:32b …the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.