I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121: 1-2 NIV
Where does your help come from? Have you found grace or unmerited favor at work or in a relationship? Has God provided for you, His child? Has God protected you?
These 2 verses are from the beginning of the 121st Psalm. I wrote about the last 2 verses yesterday and thought it might be good to look at the first two today. Again, the psalm is part of a collection of 15 psalms that are called the Songs of Ascent. They were sung by travelers as they made their journey up to Jerusalem for their annual pilgrimage.
This psalm starts out by talking about where the travelers’ help comes from as they look to the hills of Jerusalem. They ask the question and answer it immediately because they sing of their help coming from God. They know that they do not have to be close to the holy city of Jerusalem to be protected or given help by God. He is always with them as He is always with us.
It is amazing to me that my help comes from the Maker of heaven and earth, God Himself!!!! This amazes me because I consider myself to be a very very small part of this great universe that He created and yet He is interested in me and my life.
So I ask again, where does your help come from? Does it come from God or do you believe that you don’t need help because you are responsible for your life? My answer is that as one of many of God’s children, my help comes from Him. I cannot navigate this life with God and I don’t want to. He made me and I look to Him for guidance, protection and help daily.
Where do you look for those things?