February 25, 2018
Psalm 18:6-16
"God Helps Those That Help Themselves" sounds like
something fair and appropriate. For that reason, it should not surprise us that
this is the phrase we most confuse as one of the Ten Commandments. The phrase
seems to communicate that you have to do your part in a minimal way for God to
help you in your situation, and on the contrary, if you do not provide a small
amount of help, God will not help you. This sounds true primarily because God give
us a spirit of self-control, but the reality is that the Bible gives us an
overwhelming number of occasions when God helps us even when we could not help
ourselves, most evidently in Christ Jesus.
What do people mean when they use this statement? Under what
circumstances do people use this phrase the most?
Have you ever been in a situation that you felt helpless to
alleviate or stop? Explain.
How would you describe the amount of work God is doing in
Psalm 18:6-16? How have you seen this in your life? How do you need to see this
in your life right now?
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