“I will lift up my eyes unto the hills, from whence comes my help. 2. My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3. He will not suffer my foot to be moved: He that keeps thee will not slumber.”
Psalm 121 is referred to as a “song of degrees,” or as some translate it, “a psalm of ascent.” It was a song that Jewish people sang as they made their journey to Jerusalem and to Mount Zion, where the temple stood and where Yahweh (the Lord) came among His people. The principle is still the same; we know that it is to the Lord to which we can go for help. We are never so strong that we do not need intervention of the Lord in our lives. The One who “created heaven and earth,” and who can keep us from stumbling, and who never sleeps is our steady source of help. In what ways does He help us? The Lord helps us in our personal lives. He is the greatest guide that we have in making decisions that will affect our lives. Through Jesus Christ, He invites us to a relationship with Himself, and promises that we can “come boldly to the throne of grace.” (Hebrews 4:16) There are people who assert that they do not need God in their lives. I am not one of them. I hope that you are not one of them. Today, we have the Holy Spirit present in our lives to be a constant source of help. We need the Lord’s help in our family relations. We need the Lord’s help and strength to face life’s difficulties. You need His help! He created us to be dependent on Him. The Lord helps us in our social lives – for lack of a better term. We certainly need the Lord in our relationships with other people. To put it mildly, we can get on each other’s nerves, and we need the Lord to give us the patience to relate to each other. We need the Lord in our Christian fellowship. We forget sometimes that we are brothers and sisters in Christ, and that the world will know that we are His “disciples by the love that we have for each other.” (John 13:35) We need the Lord’s help in dealing with people in the places where we work. All of our social relationships are better when we depend on God’s help. The Lord helps us in our commitment to Him. He is the “rock” on which we stand. Verse 3 confidently asserts: “He will not suffer thy foot to be moved, He that keepeth thee will not slumber.” That promise is as good now as it was in the psalmist’s day. This is why we need to be constantly in prayer. It is through our communication with Him that we find the spiritual strength that we need to live the Christian life. There is really no aspect in our lives in which we do not need the help of the Lord. Let’s take seriously what the psalmist has given us and go to the Lord for help. Bro. Joe
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