My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. His name as Maker of heaven and earth gives confidence of protection, since the power that created all things assures His care to preserve. That help is from God alone and not from self-confidence, fallible people, or human strength, but from a power outside and above us that must be received continually from on high. He is to be sought directly and trusted as shield and counselor in trial, perplexity, and disappointment for the keeping of the soul, physical strength, mental clearness, and spiritual grace, so that by trust in Jesus Christ as Redeemer and Saviour there is hope of overcoming and walking in His counsel. When He is recognized with living faith He works mightily, yet strength to resist corrupting influences must be sought daily, for without daily dependence even the steadied youth among vice and dissolute companions will be overcome and turned aside from purity and holiness toward ruin.
Creator Source of Help
Help comes from the LORD, the Maker and Creator of heaven and earth. That help is from God alone, and strength and help are to be looked for directly from Him rather than from self-confidence. Recognizing this source with living faith enables Him to work mightily. The assurance applies personally to those seeking to set an example worthy of imitation, and to ministers and conference presidents who are to look directly to God as the source of their strength and help.
The name Maker of heaven and earth grounds confidence that He will protect and preserve, for His creative power assures His protecting care. The mountains testify to that creative power and assurance. David looked to the Lord for this help while fleeing from Saul in the wilderness of Paran, confident on this Creator ground that God would protect and preserve him. Israel sang of this help while looking toward the surrounding hills, affirming trust in the Lord as Creator of heaven and earth and not in the heathen altar fires upon those hills. For pilgrims in the mountains, those heights both assured God's care and provided refuge from enemies and a place to worship and praise God.
Trusting God Alone Daily
My help comes from God alone, not from self-confidence, not from fallible human beings, and not from human strength. It is from a power outside of and above ourselves, constantly to be received as grace from on high. He is to be sought directly and trusted rather than any human being, as the soul's shield and counselor in trials, perplexities, and disappointments. He is to be depended on for the keeping of the soul, for physical strength, for mental clearness, and for spiritual grace, so that one may honor Him and walk and work in His counsel. Through trust in Jesus Christ as Redeemer and Saviour comes the hope of overcoming.
Recognizing this source with living faith enables God to work mightily. Strength to resist corrupting influences comes from God and must be sought daily. Youth faced with vice, with temptation to dissipation and crime, and with daily association with companions of dissolute habits and corrupt morals can pass through safely only when steadied by religious principle and looking daily to God for strength. Without that daily dependence they will be overcome and set gradually on a diverging path away from purity, integrity, and holiness toward ruin.
Ministers and conference presidents should learn to seek their help and strength directly from Him rather than rely on human strength. The assurance applies personally, including to an addressee and her husband as they seek to set an example worthy of imitation. For workers in a difficult and poverty-stricken field, true success comes only by this help from God. For the Waldensian pilgrims the mountains testified to His creative power and assured His protecting care, while also providing refuge from enemies and a place to worship and praise God. Those who do not live to themselves, who put self out of sight, follow where Jesus leads the way, and practice self-denial to open the work in new fields are lifted by God to sit in heavenly places with Christ.
Help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. His name as Maker of heaven and earth gives confidence of protection, since the power that created all things assures His care to preserve. That help is from God alone and not from self-confidence, fallible people, or human strength, but from a power outside and above us that must be received continually from on high. He is to be sought directly and trusted as shield and counselor in trial, perplexity, and disappointment for the keeping of the soul, physical strength, mental clearness, and spiritual grace, so that by trust in Jesus Christ as Redeemer and Saviour there is hope of overcoming and walking in His counsel. When He is recognized with living faith He works mightily, yet strength to resist corrupting influences must be sought daily, for without daily dependence even the steadied youth among vice and dissolute companions will be overcome and turned aside from purity and holiness toward ruin.
Creator Source of Help
Help comes from the LORD, the Maker and Creator of heaven and earth. That help is from God alone, and strength and help are to be looked for directly from Him rather than from self-confidence. Recognizing this source with living faith enables Him to work mightily. The assurance applies personally to those seeking to set an example worthy of imitation, and to ministers and conference presidents who are to look directly to God as the source of their strength and help.
The name Maker of heaven and earth grounds confidence that He will protect and preserve, for His creative power assures His protecting care. The mountains testify to that creative power and assurance. David looked to the Lord for this help while fleeing from Saul in the wilderness of Paran, confident on this Creator ground that God would protect and preserve him. Israel sang of this help while looking toward the surrounding hills, affirming trust in the Lord as Creator of heaven and earth and not in the heathen altar fires upon those hills. For pilgrims in the mountains, those heights both assured God's care and provided refuge from enemies and a place to worship and praise God.
Trusting God Alone Daily
My help comes from God alone, not from self-confidence, not from fallible human beings, and not from human strength. It is from a power outside of and above ourselves, constantly to be received as grace from on high. He is to be sought directly and trusted rather than any human being, as the soul's shield and counselor in trials, perplexities, and disappointments. He is to be depended on for the keeping of the soul, for physical strength, for mental clearness, and for spiritual grace, so that one may honor Him and walk and work in His counsel. Through trust in Jesus Christ as Redeemer and Saviour comes the hope of overcoming.
Recognizing this source with living faith enables God to work mightily. Strength to resist corrupting influences comes from God and must be sought daily. Youth faced with vice, with temptation to dissipation and crime, and with daily association with companions of dissolute habits and corrupt morals can pass through safely only when steadied by religious principle and looking daily to God for strength. Without that daily dependence they will be overcome and set gradually on a diverging path away from purity, integrity, and holiness toward ruin.
Ministers and conference presidents should learn to seek their help and strength directly from Him rather than rely on human strength. The assurance applies personally, including to an addressee and her husband as they seek to set an example worthy of imitation. For workers in a difficult and poverty-stricken field, true success comes only by this help from God. For the Waldensian pilgrims the mountains testified to His creative power and assured His protecting care, while also providing refuge from enemies and a place to worship and praise God. Those who do not live to themselves, who put self out of sight, follow where Jesus leads the way, and practice self-denial to open the work in new fields are lifted by God to sit in heavenly places with Christ.