"I lift up my eyes...my help comes from the Lord" - Ps. 121:1-2

The LAYMAN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY says this about this verse:

In the time of crisis, if we look around us we feel threatened.

If we look within our own hearts, we are afraid.  It is only

when we look up to the hills and the One who made them

that we feel secure.

 

Peter in Matthew 14:22-36 is a great example of what not to do in a crisis.  The disciples were in a boat in the midst of a storm and Jesus came to them on the water and beckoned Peter to step out of the boat and walk to him.  Peter obeyed...and was in good shape...until he "saw the wind" (or his problem) and then he began to sink.  He took his eyes off of the only one who could help him and down he went.  Fortunately, as He does today,  Jesus reached out and caught him.

 

Helen Lemmel wrote "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus", a hymn that has directed countless people to find their help in the Lord Jesus: 

 

Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face.

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of

His glory and grace.

 

She died nearly destitute and blind, but she would always say: "I'm doing well in the things that count".  She knew what was important and where to find her help.

 

We have some precious friends who are fighting for their lives with their first child.  They have mobilized our church and many prayer warriors across the country to pray for their little one who has not awakened since his birth about 10 days ago.  Listen to what this new mom put on her Facebook page last week:

 

"I am no longer anxious about anything as I realize the Lord is

able to carry out His will and His will is mine.  It makes no matter

where He places me or how.  That is rather for Him to consider than for me;

in the easiest positions He must give me His grace and in the most

difficult His grace is sufficient."   Hudson Taylor

 

I hope you will join me in praying for their little boy, Hudson Taylor Wells.  This brand new mom has chosen to not trust in her own heart or even in their doctors.  She knows her real help comes from above.  If our faith is real, in the darkest days we will trust only Him.  Who are you looking to for help today?

 

For further study: 1 Samuel 7:12,  Psalm 34:5, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 141:8, Isaiah 41:10, Zechariah 12:10, Romans 8:26, 2 Cor. 4:18, Philippians 4:8, Hebrews 12:1-3 and 13:6

 

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

 

Love,

Holly