Where does your help come from?

God the Help of Those Who Seek Him

Psalm 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

…  In the opening of this verse the psalmist asks a rhetorical question; when I’m in need of help do I look to the mountains or the hills for help? Where is the first place or source you run to when you need help? Family, friends, or finances should not be our main source for help.

Psalm 121:2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

…  The psalmist replies with great vigor and certainty to the question! My help comes from the Lord, the creator of everything our eyes behold and have never seen!

Psalm 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Psalm 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

…  God is the ultimate Keeper of those who seek Him. He promises that we will not lose our position or foundation. God knows the numbers of hairs upon our head (Matthew 10:30-31). There is no issue that we will encounter in life that God is not aware of or presently involved in on our behalf.

Psalm 121:5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Psalm 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

…  The believer has a secluded pavilion and covering that comes from the Lord (Psalms 91:1). God promises complete protection for the believer. (Psalms 91:5)

Psalm 121:7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalm 121:8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

…  The Lord promises the believer that He shall preserve us from the time of birth to death and beyond!