Psalm 33:4-5 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

The earth is full of goodness? Really? That’s how we look at things isn’t it? We see evil in the world and suddenly our thinking isn’t in alignment with God’s word. The works of the enemy are painful and full of evil.  It seems like the enemy is winning the battle if you think that way. Evil prevails. That is what the enemy wants you to think.

The earth is full of the Lord’s goodness. Same sentence, different focus. Now we focus on the Lord. The Lord’s goodness is not gone in the midst of evil, it is an escape hatch, a way out. Always there, always available, all you have to do is open the door and enter in.

Entering into the Kingdom is sanctuary from the evil. The evil still exists but it cannot touch your soul. We tend to forget with all this evil in the world that God is in the soul saving business.

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

The world wrestles in the flesh and blood and that is what we see and feel. It is not where the Lord’s goodness resides. The Lord’s goodness resides in His children. Your goodness does not fade in darkness, it is light. Darkness runs from the light, cannot exist in light.

The enemy will tell you he is winning the battle but the truth is that the war is already over and all that there is left are casualties.

John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Satan’s victims lash out in pain, they need to escape and the only escape hatch from this world is thru the One who won, Jesus Christ.

Genesis 2:18 Now the Lord God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him.” AMP

I like to read the Amplified version of the bible from time to time because it expands upon an idea and gives greater attention to God’s intention. It is always good to have as much information as possible about God’s intentions in scriptures.

This one verse has different translations, some say helper meet, others say helpmate. Without a clear understanding of God’s intention, we will by nature place our needs within that verse since we are the one that receives a “helper”. (advice for men only)

A helper is required in the natural sense to accomplish something I cannot do on my own. There is an assumed role of primary responsibility and subordinate. The subordinate has to be told what to do and how. Immediately that attitude destroys balance. A counterpart is needed to keep things in balance, so that man will not go overboard.

A subordinate is used and feels used. That is not the same thing as feeling useful. Men have a tendency to lean on the “in charge” attitude. We like to remember the verse in 1 Corinthians1:3 that says the man is the head of the woman while at the same time ignoring the instruction that came first in that verse that Christ is the head of the man. We also tend to fail to remember and understand 1 Corinthians 11:7 that states the woman is the glory of the man.

Perhaps our most serious mistake is when we are looking for a helpmate, we look for a mate rather than a helper. A helper is God’s intention towards us, to give balance, stability and to complete us. We are not as our fathers told us sufficient unto ourselves. Our sufficiency is in Christ.