Scripture: Psalm 60:11
Song: My Prayer everyday by Fulfil Michael
Many people look up to men, especially when trouble shows up. You may still say, God is in control, but your heart is already running to people. You start thinking, who do I know? who can talk to someone for me? who has access? If that person doesn’t respond, your peace collapses, not because you are faithless, but because you are human and visible help often feels faster than invisible trust.
That is why David prayed “Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man.” He was not insulting people. He was just exposing a reality that shows human help cannot be your foundation. Men can assist you, but they cannot carry your destiny. They can mean well and still fail you. They can promise and still forget. They can start with you and still get tired. Even the best people have limits; limits of time, attention, money, influence, and strength. So, when you build your confidence on a human being, you will eventually meet the day their hands cannot reach what you need.
Relying on men is vain because it turns people into Saviors without us noticing. It makes your hope depend on their response, not on God’s faithfulness. It makes you beg where you should pray, and it quietly puts a heavy burden on another person, expecting them to do what only God can do. David had seen battles where strategy wasn’t enough and support wasn’t sufficient. He understood that trouble exposes the limits of the arm of flesh. So, he prayed “Give us help from trouble.” In other words, Lord, don’t let my deliverance rest on people’s mood, availability, or ability. Step in as my sure help. Do what no human hand can do.
People matter, and God can use them. But people are channels, not sources. Appreciate helpers, but don’t worship helpers. Value connections, but don’t lean on connections as if they are your covering. Let your trust remain in God. When men cannot or delay, God is able.
If you have been looking up to men, don’t condemn yourself, just return to God. Let David’s prayer become yours. Let your first cry in trouble be to God and let your heart settle in this: the help of man is limited, but the help of God is sure.
Prayer: Lord, deliver my heart from relying on men as my confidence. Give me help from trouble. Be my sure help and my unshakable support.
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