Psalm 121:1-4… “I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” vss. 1-2
Humans take great pride in being self-sufficient. We’re taught from an early age to take care of ourselves, and, if we have a problem, to find a solution. We like being in charge of our destiny and love being able to choose professions or careers. Those same feelings even carry over into our mental and physical well-being. We count it a blessing to handle health problems with a change of routine or exercise.
The problem is that life in our good and broken world is not that easy, and we’re regularly stymied when we try to “go it on our own.” Seldom do things turn out as we intend and sometimes problems are so immense that there seems nowhere to turn. Often, we don’t know what to pray for! And what’s worse is that sometimes we don’t even know who to pray to! We know that God is, but there seem to be so many options. And sometimes our notion of God changes—the God who seemed so real in our childhood can seem naive or primitive when we’re adults.
The psalmist was in one of those tough spots. We don’t know what was going on but he did know where to turn for help. The Creator God, the one who’d made the mountains and everything else could certainly be his strength. It was simply a matter of falling on his knees and asking for help!
Thought for the Day: What if prayer doesn’t seem to work?
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