“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.” (Psalm 121:1-2)
November 21, 2017 - As Christians we are taught to trust not in man, but to put our trust only in the Lord for only the Lord is trustworthy and true, yesterday, today and forever.
And so as I travel through this cruel, evil world I look to the heavens for my help knowing that all good things, all help comes from the Lord God above.
I keep thinking of the elderly couple from Sutherland Springs, TX. that lost their entire family to the insane person who opened fire on the church congregation a few Sunday’s ago. They lost their son, his wife, their children and their children’s children in a few brief minutes.
Yet when the reporter asked the man how they would cope with their loss, his answer was simple yet so profound, he said; “We are very close with God, though we cannot understand how or why God does so many things, we know it is not for us to understand all things, we are just to trust in God and we know that shortly we will be joined with our family once again.”
What a testimony from one who has just lost so much, for as with Job, they had lost their entire family in the blink of an eye, yet, like Job, they never wavered in their faith in the Lord God.
Just think of that, if a similar fate were to befall your family this day, could you show the same level of faith in the Lord as did this elderly couple?
“For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.” (Psalm 33:21)
Only through a close, trusting relationship with the Lord God can one’s heart remain glad when times become troubling and persecutions befall us.
We must trust in the Lord God; “For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.” (Psalm 33:4)
Everything the Lord does is upright and trustworthy and righteous and he looks for those same attributes in those who would follow him each day.
“He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.” (Psalm 33:5)
Yes, the Lord loves righteousness and justice and despises wrong doing and those who mistreat others for their self gain. But, the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord, waiting for all to claim it for their own lives, for their own eternity.
“Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!” (Psalm 33:8)
Oh that it would be so, that all people would trust in the Lord, that all people would know and fear the Lord, that all people would accept the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.
However, we know this is not to be. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.” (Matthew 7:13)
Sadly, most will choose this wide and easy gate and path to eternity, only to find at the final judgement that they have made a foolish choice, but then it will be too late and they will be doomed to destruction forever.
“For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 7:14)
My prayer for you this day is that you will follow that hard and narrow path of service to our Lord, that you will seek and find and enter through that narrow gate that leads to glory. May the blessings of our Lord be upon you this day...
