Yesterday my mother sent me Psalm 121 as a word of encouragement to my email. This morning, as I was sitting in a strange room with a strange roommate in a strange country learning a strange language, I was hit by a sudden wave of homesicknesses, and so I sat down and really read Psalm 121.
It starts off by saying, "I lift up my eyes to the hills; where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the maker of Heaven and Earth." As I looked out of my window at the craggy mountains beneath me and extending into the distance as far as the eye can see, that verse hit me like a 20-pound pot of kimchi. God is everywhere. He created everything, and He knows every nook and cranny of this world. And He has promised to watch over our lives - He will not let our foot slip.
My Bible titles Psalm 121 as a "song of ascents." I'll never forget a sermon that I heard several years ago. I don't remember who preached it, or what the general topic was, but I do remember her saying that God never meant us to have a roller-coaster spiritual life, filled with huge mountains and precarious valleys; God meant for us to go from glory, to glory, to glory, to glory.
On a day when all I want to do is give my family a huge hug and sleep in my own bed, it's so comforting to know that God watches over me every day. He will keep me from harm; He will watch over my coming and going forever and ever.
It starts off by saying, "I lift up my eyes to the hills; where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the maker of Heaven and Earth." As I looked out of my window at the craggy mountains beneath me and extending into the distance as far as the eye can see, that verse hit me like a 20-pound pot of kimchi. God is everywhere. He created everything, and He knows every nook and cranny of this world. And He has promised to watch over our lives - He will not let our foot slip.
My Bible titles Psalm 121 as a "song of ascents." I'll never forget a sermon that I heard several years ago. I don't remember who preached it, or what the general topic was, but I do remember her saying that God never meant us to have a roller-coaster spiritual life, filled with huge mountains and precarious valleys; God meant for us to go from glory, to glory, to glory, to glory.
On a day when all I want to do is give my family a huge hug and sleep in my own bed, it's so comforting to know that God watches over me every day. He will keep me from harm; He will watch over my coming and going forever and ever.
Psalm 121
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
he who watches over you will not slumber;
4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
he will watch over your life;
8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
I'm glad it spoke to you - I asked the Lord for a Word for you...He never lets me down :-)
ReplyDeleteOf course, I think it was a Word for me, too! Verses 7 and 8 are a real comfort for me as our children grow, leave the nest and move on in their own lives.
20-pound pot of kimchi, huh? ;-)