“Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless.”
Psalm 108:12

When one is in trouble, the natural human response is to go to a parent or a friend to hash it out and get advice. But who is our parent? Who is our friend, that they might advise us wisely? They are just human beings as we are, and their advice will be tainted by their affection for us.

Is it possible to get wise counsel from someone who will automatically take your side whether you are right or wrong? They will hear the story from you, but that story will be slanted by your perspective. If they cannot or will not hear the story from the one who offended you, then how valuable is their advice? In other words, their advice will not be rooted in truth. And they might be very, very wrong.

Blessed is the man/woman who does NOT turn to family or friends, but who turns to the Lord alone. The Lord has a perspective that no one else has. The Lord knows the details of the story as no one else does. He alone can give the RIGHT advice because his counsel will be rooted in truth. In fact, many a time, the counsel given by the Lord will be the opposite from that of one’s close friends and loved ones.

Therefore, if you want true counsel, turn to the Lord ALONE, his counsel will not be swayed by emotion or family loyalty, his counsel will stand in the truth.

You can TRUST the Lord. Bring your trouble to him. He will hear you, He will CARE, and he will work it out in a way that your loved ones never could have.

Vs 13:
“Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies.”