Looking Up – Psalm 121

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—where does my help come from?1Ps 121:1 NIV

• The psalmist is surrounded by hills perhaps on the valley floor, a low place, with no help in sight.
• Hills and mountains can be obstacles and challenges; a difficult path.
• Help: succor – to prove, test, thoroughly, to put to proof God’s character and power
• “I will lift up my eyes…” An act if the will – refusing to be downcast since there is no help in sight; an act of FAITH!2Heb 11:1 AV  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.3Ps 121:2 NIV

• As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and for evermore.4Ps 125:2 NIV
• A revelation of the Spirit.52Ki 6:17 AV  And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
• The Maker of heaven and earth speaks things into being, creating things from His will.6Ge 1 NIV  3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.  6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.”  9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.  11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.  14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,  20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”  24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.  26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber;7Ps 121:3 NIV

• They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.8Ps 125:1 AV
• The moving of a foot seems trivial unless you consider how important a foot hold can be; when climbing can it not be a matter of life and death?92Sa 22:34 AV  He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.  10Ps 18:33 AV  He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.  11Hab 3:19 AV  The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
• Can we not receive encouragement knowing that God will not slumber, especially in matters of life and death?

indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.12Ps 121:4 NIV

• God loves so very much that He works tirelessly to protect us.