“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” (vs1-2).
Thankfully,
we have help from God.
We have no power in ourselves, and our failures teach us abundantly that
we are nothing. We’d despair, quit, and
be damned eventually as slaves of sin, unless we had an OUTSIDE of us power, a
God who can help.
Bless Him that in
spite of our nothingness, He has chosen to help and to save. Sin conquered us in the Garden, and we
deserve its dominion, to be under its yoke and power. But, Jesus slew the
dragon for us, paid for our WORST crimes against God, and He is why God will
help us overcome. He loves us for Christ’s sake, and He has promised to bless
us because of what He has done.
This
outside help is LOOKING to the Lord Jesus, the Son of God as
crucified FOR me, so that God can be near me. He says, “He who believes in Him
is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he
has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18). We
look to Him, when we have no power of our own, and we BELIEVE that He is
able. This secures us and gives us
assurance! If I had to fight in my
strength, if I had to look to myself, then I would despair and give up, playing
the hypocrite perhaps, but without hope, “for what is the hope of the
hypocrite, though he may gain much, if God takes away his life? (Job 27:8)” But, if God is my helper, then I have all
that I need. I can rest assured, even though the battle is hot and sin brings
me into captivity (Rom 7:23). I shall not be forsaken and left to die. God will
help, and this is salvation guaranteed!
Look
to the devil and see him stronger than you, but NEVER stronger than Christ. Look
to your troubles and your fears about tomorrow as problems that you can’t fix,
but rest assured that help is coming, even if you don’t feel it now and have
failed before. God is all powerful, “the
creator of heaven and earth”, and this power is covenanted to help you (Ps
121:2; Heb 13:20-21). Take this by faith
alone, and you’ll experience it, more than you can ask or think. Submit everything to Him.
Secondly,
you’ve failed many times, but He won’t (vs3-8). He says, “He will not allow your foot to be
moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel shall
neither slumber nor sleep”. You are beyond your limits, but He won’t fail to
intervene. You’ve got troubles upon
troubles, but He won’t stumble or deceive. He doesn’t try to help, or DO
anything less than help indeed.
Our
boldness is in God. We are BOLD in prayer
because Jesus is the Name that He receives, and through Him, we can’t be
rejected. Paul says, in Christ, “we have
boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at
my tribulations for you, which is your glory” (Eph 3:12-13). God’s love made Jesus the way whereby He
delights to hear us. He smells the
fragrance of Christ’s sacrifice, and He delights in our faith. We can’t be
forsaken, because He can’t go back on His promises. He overcomes the enemy, no matter the
situation, 100%.
Let
your fear go.
Believe the gospel and live optimistically, even in your need. Your help amidst your desperation is coming,
absolutely, every time.
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