The pagan maxim, which too many quote as if it were Bible, is, "God helps him who helps himself."
But the truth revealed in the Bible is that God helps the man who is not able to help himself. Read the account of a storm on the sea, and of deliverance from it, as recorded in Psalm 107:23-30. Of the men in the storm it is said: "Their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses." (Psalm 107:26-28)
So it was when Jehoshaphat, in behalf of the people, said to the Lord, "For we have no might against this great company which comes against us; neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon You," (2 Chronicles 20:12) that the Lord sent deliverance. All these things "were written for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope." (Romans 15:4) "For we have not a High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are; yet without sin. ... Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:15,17)
Infirm means without strength; without strength implies being overcome by sin. So we learn that in the midst of defeat, when borne down under sin, we may come with boldness to Jesus, and find forgiveness and help.
Here is a word for those who fear that the strength which the Lord has given them may forsake them at some trying moment: "Your God has commanded your strength." (Psalm 68:28)
When God made the worlds, "He commanded, and it stood fast." (Psalm 33:9)
And today they stand by the same word. "You have a little strength." (Revelation 3:8)
Rejoice in that, and pray, "Strengthen, O God, that which You have wrought for us." (Psalm 68:28) "As your days, so shall your strength be." (Deuteronomy 33:25)
Not a "little strength" merely, but you shall be "strengthened with all might." (Colossians 1:11) "For in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." (Isaiah 26:4)--Present Truth, May 21, 1903--Psalm 68:28.