God as Ebenezer

UV 1293/10,000 God As Ebenezer
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121 v 2
All of us from our earliest days to our last days get some help from someone or other like our parents, family members, friends and even strangers. But the Lord is the most consistent person who helps us. We have help in the very name of God. This is the reason one of the names of God is Ebenezer or One who Helps. When we remember the different names or titles of Jehovah or Jesus or the Holy Spirit, we are invoking that kind of help. When we worship Him as Jehovah Nissi, we are seeking and obtaining His help to be victorious or successful in whatever goal or mission or struggle we are currently facing. When we remember Him as Jehovah Jireh, we are seeking His help in provision. When we remember Him as Jehovah Rohi or Shepherd, we are seeking His help in terms of guidance.

When we are claiming a particular rhema verse or specific promise, we are seeking the help of God in that manner. The Lord is acknowledged as the Maker and the Master of heaven and earth as a sign of our faith that there is no limitation to His power or His providence. Every resource of heaven and earth are at His command. Hence, there is no limitation or inability on the part of God to help us. Our constant access to Him through the grace and mercy of Jesus is what enables us to avail His present help continually all through our days. He will help us overcome every challenge of heaven and of earth in His time. We need not fear what man can do to us. Our confidence and trust is in the combination of the might and mercy of God. Grace is the combination of the might and mercy of God. His mercy keeps Him from withholding His favour or His might towards us. But though He can manifest Himself in terms of His great and unlimited might, He mostly manifests His help not in might or in power but by His spirit.

The complete knowledge of God of the details of our lives, our character, our needs enables Him to give us timely and sufficient help. His commitment to our present and eternal well being is apparent all through scripture. He is vigilant and watchful over each of us. He watches over our coming and going. He watches over us while we are resting. He protects us from the visible and invisible, known and unknown threats. He knows our every thought and motive behind every thought and preserves us from evil that lurks in our own nature. Since He indwells in us as the Holy Spirit, His help is not even at arm’s length but right within our hearts and minds.

Prateep V Philip