January 18th, 2025
by Dr. Ron Harvey
by Dr. Ron Harvey
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand…I myself will help you” (Isaiah 41:10, 14).
C. H. Spurgeon, in commenting on this passage, imagines the Lord saying:
“I will help you. It is but a small thing for me, your God, to help you. Consider what I have done already…I bought you with my blood…I died for you; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help you? It is the least thing I will ever do for you; I have done more, and will do more. Before the world began, I chose you. I made a covenant for you. I laid aside my glory and became a man for you; I gave up my life for you; and if I did all this, I will surely help you now. In helping you, I am giving you what I have bought for you already. If you had need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it to you. You require little compared with what I am ready to give. It is much for you to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. Help you? Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of the granary asking for help, it would not ruin you to give him a handful of your wheat; and you are nothing but a tiny insect at the door of my all-sufficiency. I will help you!”
Indeed, dear believer, God will help you as you look to Him. Though you may be convinced of this, you may still question, “But how will He do this?”
I like what A.B. Simpson, a devotional writer from times past, adds to our understanding of this passage:
God has three ways of helping us. First, He says, “I will strengthen you.” In other words, He is saying, "I will make you a little stronger yourself." Second, He adds, “I will help you.” By that, we understand Him to say, "I will add my strength to your strength, but you shall lead and I will help you." Third, He says, “I will uphold you with my righteous right hand,” which is to say: "I will lift you up bodily and carry you altogether. It will be neither your strength nor My help, but My complete upholding.”
When we come to the end of our strength, we come to the beginning of His. In Him, the weakest are the strongest, and the most helpless the most helped. “He gives power to the faint,” but to “them that have no might” at all “He increases strength.” His word forever is, “My grace is sufficient for you.”
Remember the words of the Apostle Paul:
“Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
These are good words on this promise from God’s word. Thus, the promise of God’s help serves as the most practical of truths. Here it is: Need help? Seek God! He will help!
Devotedly yours,
Pastor Ron
C. H. Spurgeon, in commenting on this passage, imagines the Lord saying:
“I will help you. It is but a small thing for me, your God, to help you. Consider what I have done already…I bought you with my blood…I died for you; and if I have done the greater, will I not do the less? Help you? It is the least thing I will ever do for you; I have done more, and will do more. Before the world began, I chose you. I made a covenant for you. I laid aside my glory and became a man for you; I gave up my life for you; and if I did all this, I will surely help you now. In helping you, I am giving you what I have bought for you already. If you had need of a thousand times as much help, I would give it to you. You require little compared with what I am ready to give. It is much for you to need, but it is nothing for me to bestow. Help you? Fear not! If there were an ant at the door of the granary asking for help, it would not ruin you to give him a handful of your wheat; and you are nothing but a tiny insect at the door of my all-sufficiency. I will help you!”
Indeed, dear believer, God will help you as you look to Him. Though you may be convinced of this, you may still question, “But how will He do this?”
I like what A.B. Simpson, a devotional writer from times past, adds to our understanding of this passage:
God has three ways of helping us. First, He says, “I will strengthen you.” In other words, He is saying, "I will make you a little stronger yourself." Second, He adds, “I will help you.” By that, we understand Him to say, "I will add my strength to your strength, but you shall lead and I will help you." Third, He says, “I will uphold you with my righteous right hand,” which is to say: "I will lift you up bodily and carry you altogether. It will be neither your strength nor My help, but My complete upholding.”
When we come to the end of our strength, we come to the beginning of His. In Him, the weakest are the strongest, and the most helpless the most helped. “He gives power to the faint,” but to “them that have no might” at all “He increases strength.” His word forever is, “My grace is sufficient for you.”
Remember the words of the Apostle Paul:
“Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10).
These are good words on this promise from God’s word. Thus, the promise of God’s help serves as the most practical of truths. Here it is: Need help? Seek God! He will help!
Devotedly yours,
Pastor Ron
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