Does the Lord require the help of human beings in His work?

The Lord Himself did His work till His incarnation as Parashurama [Parashurama is the sixth of the ten important incarnations of God, mentioned by the scriptures. Rama [the seventh] also took the help of monkeys but not of human beings. The human being has little knowledge and little faith. He is neither a scholar with full faith nor ignorant with no faith. He always has doubts and is inbetween a theist and an atheist. He starts with faith but doubts in the middle and will let you down. Arjuna left his bow and arrows after reaching the battlefield. He expressed a doubt about killing his relatives even though they were supporting evil. Hanuman did not express any doubt after reaching the battlefield about how he could kill the demons, who were Brahmins [Killing a Brahmin is the greatest sin. But Hanuman never hesitated killing the Brahmin demons as part of his service to Lord Rama]. A human being wants to see miracles. But after seeing the miracles he doubts whether those miracles are illusions. Arjuna was associated with the Lord for the past thousand births (Nara and Narayana). Therefore the Lord wanted to give the fame of the battle to Arjuna. This is the reason why the Lord did not directly participate in the war. Arjuna could not understand all this. He thought that if he did not fight, the war would stop. When the Lord showed the Vishwarupa, to Arjuna, He showed that He [not Arjuna] was actually killing the Kauravas.

The Lord does not require the help of any person in His work. He wants to give fame to His devotees and only for this purpose He asks for the help of human beings. Actually He does all the work but He will show as if the devotee did that work. If the human being withdraws his help, His work will not stop. Suppose there are several fans in a hall. You put on the switch of a fan but the fan does not move. Then you will put on the switch of another fan. In the case of the Lord there is no need of any fan; He can create the movement of air merely by His will.

When you are diverted only to your family, the power of the Lord will not flow through you since you have become an insulator [an insulator does not allow the flow of electric current]. You want to use the power of the Lord for yourself and for your family members. This is the reason why the grace and power of the Lord do not flow through you. When you get detached from yourself and your family, the full grace and the full power of the Lord flows through you. Hanuman was such an example and therefore he is free from illness and death. He became the strongest and also attained the post of Creator. The grace and power of the Lord flowed through Him completely.