I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come? My help comes from the
LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor
sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at
your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The LORD will keep your going out and your
coming in from this time on and forevermore. Psalms 121:1 - 8 (NRSVA)
Have you ever asked yourself a question out
loud? And found the answer before you
finished asking the question?
The Psalmist posed the question, but the
answer came right back. He knew that the
help in life for all of his questions and fears was the LORD. He said MY help comes from God. The Psalmist was saying for anyone who could
hear, I put my trust in God to speak to
life’s difficulties. And he wasn’t talking
about just any God; he said it’s the One
who created heaven and earth.
God Our Preserver is a wonderful hymn; it was
penned by Isaac Watts more than 300 years ago.
The first verse says:
Upward
I lift mine eyes,
From
God is all my aid;
The
God that built the skies,
And
earth and nature made
In the early days of North Carolina the Native
Americans around Mt Airy navigated by the sight of Pilot Mountain. That rock sticks up from the ground and you
can see it for forty miles around. I
rode from there across the Virginia Line and could see Pilot Mountain all the
way from Meadows of Dan on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
When God created us He made certain we have
the stamp of His image on our souls, our character and on our minds; we know
He is there.
This is the focus of the season of Lent; we know
He is there. And so it is our choice…we
can SAY
MY help comes from the Lord,
because He’s MY God!
Today…for you
Take time to re-focus on the source of all your help.
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