God doesn't need our help

Matthew 26:52-56
I love how Peter here is so zealous for Jesus that he steps in to help him and defend him, as though he is helpless and in dire need of help.  Peter truly feels that his help is needed and that by intervening he is rescuing Jesus, when in fact Jesus is there to rescue him by doing the very act Peter is trying to prevent from happening.  Jesus does not need Peter's help or our help, as indicated by his ability to appeal to the Father (vs. 53).  We desperately need his help.  We have to get out of our minds the notion that we offer something that Jesus needs.  This is simply not the case (Acts 17:25).  In fact, Peter's "help" here is actually an obstacle to fulfilling God's plan and purposes, not a complement to it.  Our help is never complimentary to God's will, it is a barrier, because this notion that we can help stems from flesh, and flesh never has the things of God in mind (Matthew 16:23).  He is the one that has to work out his purposes through us, not alongside us (Philippians 2:12, 13).  He existed long before we did and was just fine.  We do not meet some need he has or fill some void he has.  Just the opposite.  We are the ones with the void and need.  He is self-sufficient, we are not.  He does not fawn over us and desperately chase after us, we fawn over him and desperately seek after him.  He yearns jealousy over our worship, not our help (James 4:5).  All he needs from us is death and surrender, in other words, for us to get out of the way so he can work through us (Romans 6).  As long as we are trying to help out we are nothing more than a barrier to his purpose (Romans 8:5-8).  The song that says "You would rather die than to ever live without me" has it wrong.  It should be "You would rather die than for ME to ever live without YOU".