“O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle”  (Psalm 140:7  NKJV).

In today’s postmodern culture there are few things as despised as “co-dependency.”  The term is generally used to describe a pitiful individual who cannot survive without the support of another person, who usually mistreats them for their trouble.  The TV talk shows are overcrowded with these sad stories and the self-proclaimed hosts/part-time psychiatrists who tell them that their problem is that they are not independent enough- that that rely upon others and should only ever rely upon themselves.

Certainly we feel for people who are trapped in such situations.  But is the problem really their total reliance upon another, or is it WHO they have become reliant upon?  In scripture we are told that we CANNOT do it all on our own- that we must give up our pride and humbly place our TOTAL trust in God.  We must become reliant- DEPENDENT- upon Him!

This message really doesn’t sit well with our American individualism.  The only person we want to need is ourselves.  It just seems so weak to total depend upon someone else.  But we must.  We have to come to the sobering realization that we cannot do it alone, that “Without HIM I would be NOTHING…”

Kerry