May 12 – Is Never Asleep

“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. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.” -  Psalm 121:1-3 (ESV)

The title “Song of Ascents” identifies each of the Psalms 120–134 as a pilgrim song which was sung when the Israelites “ascended” (went up) to Jerusalem for the annual feasts. Festivals and feasts were very important annual events in Jewish life.  The pilgrim-psalmist, as he contemplated his own spiritual journey while walking the roads through the hills to Jerusalem. He asked where his help came from. It was a rhetorical question framed in the song for  he knew.  He had found the answer to this question in the affirmation of his faith that the Lord. It was the Lord God who created heaven and earth, including those hills. God was his only Source of help. God’s people then and today are encouraged to trust the living God because He will bless them all.  Verse 3 has our promise for today, and every day.  God is watching over us on our journey. We need not look to anyone but Him for the help we need. He will not let our foot to slip; and He never dozes off. God takes no naps or ever go to sleep and he guards us going and coming. 

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July 13 – Being Surefooted

“The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.” Psalm 37:30-31 (NASB)

We have selected two verses today but we will focus on the promise in the second verse.  Let us remember how important it is or to pay attention at all times.  We pay attention to where we walk, what we say, and even what we think. God has given us instructions in our Bible that we will also do well to pay attention to.  Like the surefooted mountain goat who knows where and how to stand on the narrowest of ledges and not fall, God's instructions to us make us surefooted.  In order to know how God wants us to live we need to read the Bible and to listen as other read it for us.  But there is more, and we need to go beyond that.  We don't just read word in the Bible or listen to others preach it or read it, we take the words into our heart.  Through faith believing we make God's instructions and guidance a part of our whole process of thinking and speaking.  It affects how we live and walk.  It promises to protect us from slipping.  A slip-up can do great damage so to avoid that we fill our hearts with the desires God has given to us.   

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