Psalm 121:1-2–Look To God For Help

Psalm 121:1-2: "I lift my eyes up to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."

There is something to be said about stability in times of struggle and strife.  For some, they claim that this sense comes from somewhere within themselves, like an internal stabilizer amidst the tumult.  But this doesn't make a whole lot of sense because a level only works if it actually gauges the discontinuity of that which is off-kilter.  Hence, when we are in need of strength or correction or help, it must come externally.  Enter God.

He is our Creator and our Savior; it is He whom we depend upon always.  This does not mean that His help is or will always be immediate–although it certainly can be–but it means that we will wait on Him for our strength, for our support, and for our guidance.  The reason for the possible delay of God's direct assistance is often, although not always, about learning.  God often relents His steadying hand under circumstances of growth so that we would grow.  But even in these situations, it is vital that we would keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and keep pressing forward to the prize of eternal life in His presence.

Because of all this and so much more, we keep a steady eye fixed on the Lord, the Maker of the heaven and the earth, as our help and our stability when the waves of this life attempt to topple us.