Looking “UP”??? A Word from THE WORD!!! #104

I want to share a brief bit of commentary (my view of this precious Psalm) on one of my favorite Psalms.  I pray that God will speak to our hearts today and draw us near to HIM.  May we reject the lies of the enemy and stand in our LORD JESUS, who IS truth!

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

I love the mountains and we love to visit there, but I’ve always said that God couldn’t let me live there, because I’d never get anything done for looking at the view and drinking my tea/coffee!  Well, friends we can look at and enjoy the beauty of God’s creation, but that’s not where we need to have our confidence and hope.  I’ll take a little bit of liberty and make this next line a question (and I think it fits the context, but that’s my opinion after a lot of study.)!

from whence cometh my help. (?)

2 My help cometh from the LORD,

The question isn’t help–the question is the ‘source’!  Just like our faith, it’s not how strong we are but the strength of the object of our faith.  When God is the object of our faith, we can stand in the same assurance that the Psalmist shares, for our God IS The One:

which made heaven and earth.

Like many of the things that we purchase and use in our homes and vehicles, if something goes wrong, we check the “manufacturers” manual.  Well, guess where our ‘faith manual’ is?  Right there in your Bible, and the author IS our God, and:

3 He will not suffer thy foot

to be moved:

he that keepeth thee

will not slumber.

 Our faithful God, is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and HE is our God too; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and our confidence can rest assuredly in HIM, for:

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel

shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD is

thy keeper:

the LORD is

thy shade upon thy right hand.

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day,

nor the moon by night.

God is watching over our circumstances, both external things around us, as well as the internal conflicts that we deal with on a daily basis.  Our God is ever faithful in every way!

7 The LORD shall preserve thee

from all evil:

he shall preserve

 thy soul.

8 The LORD shall preserve

thy going out

and thy coming in

from this time forth,

and even for evermore.”  Psalm 121:1-8

Look to the mountains, or the waters, or the plains and enjoy the creative beauty of our Lord, but don’t forget that they are not your hope, but ever remember that “My help cometh from the LORD”, HE IS GOD!  Father God, Jesus Christ HIS SON, and The Holy Spirit, who is our ever-present comforter and guide.Who

Amen and Amen!!!