Sometimes All Human Help Is Useless

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

March 2, 2026

Sometimes All Human Help Is Useless

Oh, please help us against our enemies,

for all human help is useless.

With God’s help we will do mighty things,

for he will trample down our foes.

Psalm 60:11-12 

The Christian Season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, forty-six days before Easter. There are forty days in Lent, not counting Sundays, that relate to the forty days Jesus spent in the wilderness after His baptism. Depending on the date of Easter, the date of Ash Wednesday can range between February 4 and March 10. (Easter Sunday falls each year on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.) During Lent, the Christian devotes time to self-reflection and appraising their spiritual condition. Psalm 60 is very useful for guidance during Lent.

In humility, King David called out to God for help. David was feeling overwhelmed by the strength of his enemies. He knew his only help was in God. In faith, maybe even in desperation, David confessed all his human strength and ingenuity were useless against his enemies. He put his trust in God to trample down his foes.

David’s faith inspires me, through my self-reflection, to identify the foes in my life. What are the persistent sins, the persistent struggles I have in fulfilling my desire to make my life in Christ my way of life each day? Once identified, I will name these ‘foes’ to my Heavenly Father and as David did, and trust God to trample down my foes.

My Takeaway: This Easter I will join with my fellow Christians and celebrate the Resurrection of my Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus. And I will give thanks to God for trampling down my foes. I hope you do as well.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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