Lord, There Is None Beside
The sermon emphasizes the importance of relying solely on God in times of difficulty, identifying one's cause with God's, and believing in God's power to summon reinforcements.
F.B. Meyer emphasizes the importance of relying solely on God in times of overwhelming difficulty, as exemplified by King Asa's battle against a vast army. He encourages believers to remind God of His responsibility to help, recognizing that true strength comes from Him alone. Meyer illustrates how God stands between us and our challenges, providing divine assistance that can turn the tide of any battle. By aligning our causes with God's will, we become invincible, as our struggles are transformed into His victories. Ultimately, the sermon calls for a deep trust in God's power and presence in our lives.
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Lord, there is none beside
Thee to help. 2 Chron. xiv. 11 (R.V.)
REMIND God of his entire responsibility. ‑‑ "There is none beside thee to help." The odds against Asa were enormous. There were a million of men in arms against him, beside three hundred chariots. It seemed impossible to hold his own against that vast multitude. There were no allies who would come to his help: his only hope therefore was in God. There was none beside to help. It may be that your difficulties have been allowed to come to so alarming a pitch that you may be compelled to renounce all creature aid, to which in lesser trials you have had recourse, and cast yourself back on your Almighty Friend.
Put God between yourself and the foe. ‑‑ To Asa's faith, Jehovah seemed to stand between the might of Zerah and himself, as one who had no strength. Nor was he mistaken. We are told that the Ethiopians were destroyed before the Lord and before his host, as though celestial combatants flung themselves against the foe in Israel's behalf, and put the large host to rout, so that Israel had only to follow up and gather the spoil. Our God is Jehovah of Hosts, who can summon unexpected reinforcements at any moment to the aid of his people. Believe that He is there between you and your difficulty, and what baffles you will flee before Him, as clouds before the gale.
Identify your cause with his. ‑‑ "In thy name are we come. . . . . Let not man prevail against Thee." It is a great matter when a small State is so identified with a strong European power, as that an insult to one of its officials is deemed a casus belli by the more powerful Government; and whenever we are so delivered from selfish aims, as to be able to show that our cause and God's are one, we are invincible.
Sermon Outline
- REMIND God of his entire responsibility
- Put God between yourself and the foe
- Identify your cause with God's
- Recognize the impossibility of human help
- Cast yourself back on your Almighty Friend
- Believe in God's power to summon reinforcements
- Identify your cause with God's
- Show that your cause and God's are one
Key Quotes
“There is none beside thee to help.” — F.B. Meyer
“Believe that He is there between you and your difficulty, and what baffles you will flee before Him, as clouds before the gale.” — F.B. Meyer
“In thy name are we come. . . . . Let not man prevail against Thee.” — F.B. Meyer
Application Points
- In times of difficulty, cast yourself back on your Almighty Friend and rely solely on God.
- Identify your cause with God's and show that your cause and God's are one.
- Believe in God's power to summon reinforcements and put God between yourself and the foe.