“I look to the hills! Where will I find help? It will come from the Lord, Who created heaven and earth. The Lord is your protector, and He won’t go to sleep or let you stumble.” Psalms 121:1-3
There was a time in my life when the abuser that we thought was our provider, someone who would protect us all, went ballistic due to drugs and alcohol, he destroyed the “home’ that we lived in, even tore the toilet out of the floor and smashed it. It was an empty shell. I was in great despair, I climbed up on the stone foundation and looked to the Lord, this scripture came to mind immediately. My God is so faithful! He gave me a vision of a new house sitting on that foundation. I had no means to do this, no man had the means to help me. But my God showed me that it would be so. I believed Him.
A few years later, there was a new house sitting on that junk filled, broken foundation. It was miraculous!
I never forgot the reality of the promise God’s word showed me that day, I will forever be thankful for His word to me.
Mac Laren Commentary from Bible Hub described this in three steps: Look to the Hills:
1. The look of longing, a resolution born from intense longing. Directing his eyes further than his eyes can see to the loftiness that natural sense, may not behold. The ability to divert one’s attention from things that were to things that seemed far off, but yet to come.
2.The reality of human weakness. The higher our expectation, the more painful the realization that we are not able to reach this on our own.
3. Our assurance of Faith. There will be no receipt of divine help, unless there is a sense of need for divine help.
Like Asa of Judah in Chronicles. He was engaged in a battle against a great multitude of enemy. He said,”We have no strength against this multitude, yet we put our eyes to Thee!” There before them were 100,000,000 soldiers Ethiopian army, and 300 chariots (2 Chronicles 14). After Asa called upon the Lord, they defeated this army miraculously.
Glory be to God!
Call on His name today! If you have never asked Jesus to be Lord of your life, now is the time. Just say Jesus, forgive me of all my sin! I believe that you died for me and then rose again so that I might have eternal life with You one day! Fill me today, with your power, by your Holy Spirit, who will direct my life, direct your truth through your word, and make my life new in You , In Jesus” precious name!
Amen!