Look Again To The Hills
Psalm 121:1-2 ESV says, “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
Our help comes from above, so look up. See the goodness, mercy, and love of God extended toward you. There is no other source of our help like the care that flows from our heavenly Father.
It’s a wonderful thing when God works in our lives to bring breakthroughs. Yesterday after our church service, one of the members came to me with tears in his eyes after singing a song about God’s faithfulness. We talked about how even when we think we’ve understood God’s love for us, he renews it again every day, week, month, and year.
Songs of worship are a good indicator of our spiritual growth with God when they remind us that the glory and goodness of God have no end. Each time we lift our voices to sing words like, “Great is thy faithfulness!” or “How great thou art!” we have a chance to remember God’s goodness again, this time in light of all the new ways that God has been faithful. Worship can never become dull and mundane for the believer who trusts in God and walks in the Spirit.
While God does move in specific ways, his deliverance is not limited to a moment in time. His works of grace flow from a greater work of glory—the glory of the cross. The perfect, redemptive, and eternal plan for our Salvation came when God sent his one and only Son into the world to live among us, suffer, and die. Why did he send his Son to die on the cross? 1 John 3:8 tells us, “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”
Our greatest help flows through the grace of God. He is the maker of heaven and earth, and he is also the redeemer of heaven and earth. When you look to God for help, you are orienting yourself toward the source of all hope. Is there anything beyond the reach of God?
So look again to the hills. Lift your eyes to the mountains and the high places in your life. Revisit the victories that God has won for you, both personally and eternally. Take a moment to let all these realities mix together in your heart and mind. The creator and the cross; God’s grace and his goodness; his faithfulness and his eternal victory.
Then, when you’re ready, profess this truth: my help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Amen.
