“The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? The Lord is for me among those who help me.” – Psalm 118:7
The Psalmist is confident that the Lord is for him and because of this he is not afraid. He expresses that the Lord is for him among those who help him. Who are those who help him in the way that he needs to be helped? The answer becomes clear in verses 13-15, “But the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”
His help comes from the tents of the righteous. This is where the right hand of the Lord is valiant on our behalf. All of us will need help in our Christian walk but we need the right kind of help, not just any help. It is important that we know where to go to get the right help that is going to encourage us in our sonship rather than in some other way. Furthermore the psalmist writes in verse 26, “Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord; We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.” We need the help of those who come to us in the name of the Lord. Amen!
Our weekly communion is the gathering of the tents of the righteous. It is where the saints come together with an attitude to encourage and help one another in their sonship. We come as ones controlled by the love of God and who are not living for ourselves but living for Him and His body. (2Cor 5:14-15) Communion is a time where the body ministers to itself to edify, exhort and comfort one another (1Cor 14:3;12;26;31). The throne of grace is in the midst of the tents (houses) of the righteous and this is where we receive mercy and obtain help in our time of need. (Heb 4:14-16).
The fellowship of the tents of the righteous is also the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is called the Helper. (John 14:16;26) The help of the Holy Spirit is especially found amongst the fellowship of the righteous ones. (1Cor 13:11-14) “Therefore, let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.” (Heb 10:24-25)