Not Always

Psalms 35:10 (KJV) All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

(Proverbs 23 also read)

We have a platitude that we like to throw out, “God answers prayer.”  Other times we expressed it as, “prayer changes things.”  Both of those statements are true, but not always.  Sometimes God pats on the head and says, if you will excuse the expression, “Walk it off.”

Some people don’t like that.  Some people apply it at a times when they shouldn’t.  The point that David is making here though is that there are times when we were in a situation which is too much for us.  In those situations we can trust God to intervene.  Sometimes He intervenes by giving us the strength.  We need to make it through the difficulty.  Sometimes He intervenes by making change happen, in us or the situation.

Other times He expects us to walk it off.

So?  The hard part usually is knowing which it is.  Can we deal with this with our own skills or do we need to just let God do it all?  If that’s the question, I think the answer is no.  Are we supposed to use our own skills abilities and strengths?  Yes, we are.  Are we supposed to depend upon God ultimately to make it out whether through our obedience or through his intervention?  Again the answer is yes.  It’s not one of the other, it is both.