"only God can help....".... "only HE knows...."

[willpowe12]

I'm looking for a passage in the Bible that counters this statement; not in its entirety, but with the belief that God exists within the interstitiality of metaphysics- an in-betweeness of the power of the individual; essentially, existentialism. Everything is interconnected, and thus influences outcomes, and outcomes as consequential. Therefore, it's all relative. The power of God doesn't exist in a vacuum; I believe the individual should take charge, thus coalescing the physical with the metaphysical, directing one's fate in this synchroniety. "God can help... if you help yourself first..."

 

[Nathaniel P. Robbins]

Not sure exactly what you are looking for, but maybe I can be of some help. When I often here this quip, it is due to hardsip and usually in a monetary way. I typically point folks to Deuteronomy 8:18 which says, "God gives us power to get wealth, that the covenant will be established." God has already given us the tools we need.

In 1 Samuel chapter 17, David tells Saul that he can beat Goliath because in the past, as he was watching his father's sheep, he had to kill a bear and lion that had tried to kill the sheep. He simply said that the same God who gave him victory over the bear and lion, was the same God that would give him victory over Goliath. David had the full confidence in knowing that the same God who led him to victory in the past was the same God that would lead him to victory now.

God Bless!
Nathaniel P. Robbins

 

[Harold Fletcher]

I'm looking for a passage in the Bible that counters this statement; not in its entirety, but with the belief that God exists within the interstitiality of metaphysics- an in-betweeness of the power of the individual; essentially, existentialism. Everything is interconnected, and thus influences outcomes, and outcomes as consequential. Therefore, it's all relative. The power of God doesn't exist in a vacuum; I believe the individual should take charge, thus coalescing the physical with the metaphysical, directing one's fate in this synchroniety. "God can help... if you help yourself first..."

Have you been reading Carl Jung?