Psa 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

The LORD is on my side – What a great comfort it brings to the psalmist to know that God is on his side. God on his side means he has the divine protection when his enemies are trying to hurt him. Men are helpless to hurt him when God is on his side. They can do no more than God permits. They cannot destroy him when God means to save him. He is safe with God on his side. How many today can say confidently that they have known the Lord to be on their side? What about you? Is the Lord on your side? A prophet named Azariah told King Asa: “The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you” (2 Chronicles 15:2). James concurred and wrote: “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you” (James 4:8). The above two verses contain an important truth: If we want the LORD to be on our side, we must first desire to draw near to Him; we must seek to be on His side.                                                                                                                       God is on our side all the time, in good time and in the bad. When we are doing great, it is because God is on our side. And when we fail, in disappointments, in discouragements, and in afflictions and pain, God is also on our side. We may like to think that God is not on our side when we are struggling in life, but He certainly is. He has promised: “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Hebrews 13:5). God was with King David when he was running away from Saul and Absalom. David might want to think that God had forsaken him (Psalm 22:1). But, when he saw the end when he was delivered from his enemies, he began to realise that God had never left him: “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me” (vs.6). God was always loving and ready to help him. God is always loving and ready to help us too because He is on our side. Though we can't see Him or feel Him, but we can be assured that He is on our side. God is on our side even when everything falls apart. Did God leave Job when he was undergoing great afflictions? I would like assure our young people that the LORD is on your side. You may be struggling in your work and life, but take heart for the LORD is on your side. He knows your troubles. He says: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). He wants you to cast your burdens to Him: “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Peter 5:7). I would like to assure those in great afflictions that the LORD is on your side. Who else have more afflictions than the children of Israel who were in slavery in Egypt! They thought that God had forgotten about them. But God told Moses that He was fully aware of the situation (Exodus 3:7). I want to assure everyone that God is on your side…. It doesn't matter what odds are against you. The Lord is on your side. It doesn't matter how dark and hopeless the situation looks. The Lord is on your side. It doesn't matter if the pain is intolerable. The Lord is on your side. It doesn't matter if the failure is unavoidable. The Lord is on your side! Have you ever blamed God when things didn’t go your way and only to thank Him later those “bad” things happened? You were caught in a traffic jam and missed your flight. You blamed God for not blessing you with a smooth journey to the airport. You learned later that plane got into trouble. You thanked God for the traffic jam. “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me” (v.6). The question is: Are you on the LORD’s side?