Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
I call out to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.
People sometimes say, derisively, “religion is a crutch.” I have no hesitation in saying they are right. My faith is a crutch. It is something for me to lean on because I know that in myself I do not have the resources or strength, because of my brokenness, to be renewed.
I, with David, acknowledge that God (in Christ), is my shield and defender. Without that crutch I would have been flat on my face a long, long time ago!
Travels from Ur 
Thanks Pieter, that’s so refreshingly simple! We do depend on him, and thank God he wants us to. Thank God he is there for us.