Can A Man Be Your Destiny Helper?

 Who Is Your Destiny Helper?

I often hear people talk about destiny helper. This is one of such acronyms that has never resonated with my spirit & i can't remember ever uttering it.

Can a man be your destiny helper?

I think the first question should be what is your destiny as a believer in Christ, what is the destiny of the believer in Christ? Ephesians 1:4-5 briefly captures that; however, we wouldn't delve into that in details now.

In the true sense, there is no help in man. Psalm 146:3 says "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."

The Psalmist praying to God in another Psalm, does not pray to God for destiny helpers but prays thus: "Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man." Psalm 60:11

Yet in another psalm, he said: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1-2.

A certain inspired song writer wrote thus: "I will hide myself where i find my help, only under the wings of the Almighty".

It is unbridled arrogance & pride of heart for a mortal man to assume that he is the destiny helper of another man, such that if he decides not to help, the destiny of another is trapped. It is like assuming that the destiny of another lies in your hands & this is nothing but witchcraft.

On the other hand, it is vain & great folly to look up to a mortal man as your destiny helper. It is even a curse for scripture says cursed is the man that puts his trust in a man and makes flesh his arm or help, whose heart departs from the Lord. Jeremiah 17:5.

In Isaiah 31 verses 1 & 3, we find similar words spoken by the prophet.
"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. 

Now Job 9:13 speaks of proud helpers. Proud helpers are mortal men who assume that they are helpers who are indispensable & in whose hands, lies the destiny of others.
A man can only help in as much as he has been helped of God to become of help(a vessel through which God offers help).
God can help you through any vessel/means he chooses, and no particular vessel/means is indispensable. God's help often comes through the weakest of vessels, the least expected of vessels/means.
In making a helpmate for Adam, he chose to constitute a weaker vessel(woman) to serve that purpose of being a helpmate.
Genesis 2:20-23; 1st Peter 3:7.

See 2nd Chronicles 14:11
"And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee."

Lastly, Hebrews 13:5-6 says "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."

This is the conclusion: "The Lord is our helper" & not men thus we should not fear what men can do to us. Whether men are willing to be vessels through which God helps, or not, God will still bring help. Just as Mordecai said to Esther if you hold your peace and decide to do nothing, help will come to the Jews from another place.

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