Why we shouldn't do life all by ourselves.

I'm sure we've all heard that we weren't meant to go through life all by ourselves. We Know that God created women for man so he wouldn't be alone, the Bible always talk about being a part of a unified body of believers, and you can even say that Jesus didn't do things on His own that's why He had disciples. I believe those are all valid statements but when I was reading today I now can say I know the reason why we shouldn't go through life all by ourselves. In John chapter 5 Jesus makes two statements; I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself (19); By myself I can do nothing.(30) These are words that came out of the mouth of Jesus. He acknowledges that He needs the help of someone else, Jesus needed the help of the Father. Now if Jesus, the perfect and powerful God knows that then why do we always try and tackle life on our own? What makes us think we are better then Jesus?
This comes to mind because yesterday during our growth group one of the people there shared their feelings about being the only Christian in their family. They talked about the pain, struggle, and emotion effects it was having on them. In the middle of sharing this person started to talk about how they need to be strong, they need to be a light, they need to be an example. These statements are true but what I see is how when we try to bare all the weight and burdens on our shoulders we can easily get brought down. As this person was sharing another memeber of our group and I were prompted by the Spirit to let this person know that they do not have to do this alone. This statement may sound weird but I believe this is so true, it's ok to realize that you are weak and that you can't take on all your situation by yourself. When we realize that we aren't as strong as we think we are then we will realize that we do need help. And where do we get that help? The same place Jesus got it, the Father. Yes we have good Christian friends, and accountability partners but these people will never be able to do what God can. I'm not saying we shouldn't go to them because we should all have people like this in our lives. I'm just saying that we need to realize that admitting we can't do this on our own isn't weakness, it's being smart.
So if your a person that thinks they can do it all on their own, I'm guilty of that, then my prayer for us today is that we would put our pride aside and ask the Lord for help. I pray against all the lies the enemy would throw our way to try and discourage us from the truth. I pray for protection over our weekends and for faith and strength for us to let God be God.