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. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
The first verse where the Psalmist asks himself from where his help comes reminded me of another passage from the Psalms where we read, "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Psalm 20:7) All people, I think, when in difficult or painful situations, look for help from somewhere. Unbelievers, naturally, do not look to God for help; they look to family and friends, or sometimes alcohol or drugs to drown and dull their pain. Yet none of these things can make sense of this world for them; none can fill the void in their hearts. Yet when we who are believers in the great and holy God are in difficult or painful situations, we look to Him for help. Think of the difference - looking to the finite, fragile, and powerless things or people of this world, or looking to the immortal God who created and sustains all things! That is what I hear in this passage: "From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth..." It reminds me that even when our enemies have the aid of the greatest rulers or kings or politicians, our help comes from God! Truly, He is one in whom we can place our trust! "And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:15)
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