"The Lord is Our Help"

The Lord Is Our Help

Psalm 121:1-8 I will lift up my eyes to the hills; from whence comes my help? my help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip; he who keeps you/watches over you will not slumber; indeed, who he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; he shall preserve your soul/he will watch over your life;

the Lord shall preserve/watch over your coming and your going both now and forevermore.

This a special promise because we as God’s children are told that help comes from the Lord. Help comes from the one who neither sleep nor slumber, Amen.

And so, my prayer is that you find the Lord to be your keeper, may you find him to be an anchor for your soul and your Rock, a steady ground for your feet, may you find God Jehovah to be your protection, may God protect you from all evil from this time forth and forevermore.

There’s a level of protection and peace that comes only from the Lord and there is nothing equal to or close to the kind of protection offered by the Lord. So, I encourage you to put your trust in him.

I’m sure that each of us when we’ve gone through certain things in life, when we face difficulties or challenges, we may find ourselves going through that situation trying to figure out how will this work for my good.

When we are in trouble how many of us want details from God? How many of us ask God “why am I going through this?” How many of us ask God questions like, God if you’re going to make a way out for me?

How exactly are you going to do it? At precisely what time will you come to my rescue? How long will I have to go through this before things actually start turning around for my good?

But, God doesn’t always give us answers while we are in the fire, all we can do is have faith in his promises.

Promises like those found in Nahum 1:7 which says the Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble and he cares/ or are close to those who trust in Him.

We ought to hold on to promises like those found in Psalm 55:22 which says Cast your burden on the Lord and He Shall sustain you; he shall never permit/ or let the righteous to be moved/shaken.

You see in times of difficulty we must remember God’s nature and his nature can be found in his Word. God is described as a refuge and a deliverer, he is described as faithful, he is described as Alpha and Omega, he is the beginning and the end, he is patient, caring and loving.

And so, I encourage you to put your trust in the Lord regardless of what you are facing. Whether you are in a valley or on top of the mountain. We should be seeking the Lord always; we need him to lead and guide us. We need his grace, we need his mercy, we need his protection to keep us safe as we go about our business and above all we need God’s presence!

See, God’s presence is extraordinary when his presence surrounds you, you’re surrounded by pure love, when his presence surrounds you; you’re covered in safety. And there is nothing from the enemy that can touch you in his presence.

There is power, so much power that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. So much power that there is nothing impossible, it’s only in the arms of the Lord that you can find divine strength. It’s only in God that you will find strength in your weakness, peace in difficulty. It’s only in Christ that you can do all things because he strengthens you. The Joy of the Lord is your strength!!!