Psalms
121 (KJV)
“I will lift up mine eyes
unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help
cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and earth.
He will
not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, He
that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right
hand.
The sun
shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all
evil: He shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall
preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for
evermore.”
Here we have only 8 verses in this chapter in this Psalm,
one of the shorter chapters in Psalms – yet there is so’ much said in these
scriptures!
I think the main key of these verses – is – that you keep your eyes on the Lord…lifting
your eyes upward. Because our Creator
God is our everyday need & help! God
is there for us in every part of our day and night! He who created us, He who knows our every
thought, He who knows the count of our hairs on our heads, He who created us in
His Image, yes, He is our ultimate and fulfilling need in this life as we daily
walk it out!
Oh our Heavenly Father is our help &
strength…there are many other ways in this life to get help…but they are
temporary. It might be that our problem,
circumstance, situation we are confronted with can be ‘fixed’ – but bringing
our need to God – this will be the sustaining help and provision we are needing
and seeking!
“And why is that, you say?”
Because He is God the Creator of
Heaven and Earth. When you bring your
need or problem before God, He will answer you with an eternal answer. Long term and safe & secure! Because He will never let you wander off the
path you are on.
You say “how will I know it is Him whom I
hear?” Now that is a good
question! When God speaks – it always aligns
with the scriptures. Because the
Bible is His words to us and He speaks through the scriptures. The Holy Spirit speaks through the scriptures
and guides us to the Truth – Always!
When you hear yourself say “I better
do this or I better do that” it is
you talking! This is your own will wanting it your “way!” When you hear a voice say “You
better do this” “You better do that” well
that will be the enemy of your soul
speaking because he always is speaking to you through guilt and accusation!
So we have to discern the difference. Whatever we are dealing with – when we bring
it to the Lord in prayer, leave it there and trustingly wait for the answer,
you will hear His voice & unction.
But our own voice speaks with “I” I want to do this now… I want this…or I want
that… well “our will” can surely get in the way of God’s will. When we listen carefully and discern the
voice speaking and the voice is using the “you” be
aware!
The arch enemy of our soul is trying to involve himself – recognize
it!
To clarify:
1) God speaks through His Word – a still and gentle
encouragement
2) “I” is my free will and be sure that our action
aligns and adheres to His Word or we are making decisions in the “flesh” (I
want to do it my way!)
3) “You” when we hear “you” speaking it will be the
enemy trying to sway you in his direction!
“you have got to do it this way, you better do it or
you will lose out” Wrong! Turn back!
An acquaintance once shared this with me…and it stayed
with me all this time: to help recognize
‘who’ is speaking…it goes like this: ‘the devil pushes and the Lord leads’ so
learn to recognize the voice...and always remember the Lord leads gently.
Yes God will not cause you to fall. He will not suffer it to be! He does not cause you to fall or fumble! It is His desire to bless you and prosper
you! He won’t allow you to be moved away
from Him…He will always keep you in His Way and keeping! God is ever watching and guiding us - His
flock! He does not need to sleep – for
He is God! He is ever watching, keeping,
caring and guiding us along on our path of life! What a secure feeling…yes! He is ever watchful!
But God knows
and respects our ‘free will’. Of course
His desire is a surrendered spirit so
we will always be ‘intuned’ to Him…and we try daily to do so…right? But the free will does get us into trouble at
time, like sheep, we tend to wander off!
Thank God He is faithful and even though He has given us this free will
– we with His help will stay close to Him and trust His leading daily! We are not robots! We are created in His Image with a free will - a mind to think and a life to live freely.
We, as His children are His Israel! But there is also a physical Israel – “the
Land of milk and honey” as Israel is called.
God has set aside Israel for Himself.
When Abraham was called out of a group of people from the land of Ur, he
was called out to become a separate people.
And that is so, and we cannot deny it. Israel is not only a geographical
piece of land but also a people called and set aside for God. It was the Israels' people who were called out
and given the 10 Commandments. Yes it
was originally given to this group…the Israelites.
We, who are not of the tribe of Israel have been
blessed to know those commandments and through the Israeli people we have come
to know the Savior of the World – Jesus Christ, and yes…He was Jewish! God choose to reveal Himself through the
people of Israel – born in a manger in a small town, and we accept it to be
so. God opened His arms to all of
mankind…offering hope and salvation to whoever will call upon His name. Jew, and
non-Jew, all men are invited to come unto Him – the Savior who saves us from
our fallen and sinful nature!
Yes God is our “keeper” He desires to keep us…His
creation…we who were created in His Image…He desires to keep us and He desires
to be “the shade” and covering upon us.
God is saying to us here that He is shading/covering us – we are shaded
and covered in a right handed place of authority & honor and it is He who
has put us in that place because of the decision we made “that special moment
in time” when we asked the Creator of the Universe to save us from our
sins! Yes, now, we have a personal
relationship with Him, our Savior, our Lord, our Creator God! “Walking in righteousness and right living”
yes He so’ desires to keep us in that
path for His own name sake! Now isn’t
that worth a “hallelujah!” …Indeed it
is!
There are times in life when things are going
extremely well with you and with me – He is with us on these mountain
tops! Everything is bright and cheery
and life is good! God blesses these
special times and we all love these wonderful & pleasurable times…yes?!
And then there are times when things seem very dark,
cold, and we feel distant from God, and everything is going wrong! Do not dismay! God is still with you – even
in your “night hours” He is faithfully there.
The bright sun will not cast you down, nor will the shimmering darkness
of the night make you afraid. Whatever
life brings you…Your Heavenly Father will preserve you and keep you and your soul
will be safe – ever and always…why?
Because He promises!
The Lord, He preserves you! He it is that keeps you! In all your going and comings – He will
faithfully keep you – He has a plan and that plan will come to be! When we have professed to be His child,
bowing our knee and will to Him, He is faithful to keep you and preserve you! Yes – Forever!
In the meantime, keep your eyes lifted up towards the
hills of Heaven – a day at a time! Know
that God will never leave you or forsake you…that is a promise!
So when the “ups and downs of life come – and
they will…stand firm, stand still, don’t rush and panic…stay steady and look
upward! God is faithful to help you
& me through the high mountain experiences and also the low valley
situations!
Your God will be forever
faithful to take you by the hand and daily lead You!
Amen?
Yes! Amen!
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