It might be good advice
for us to lift up our eyes.
Perhaps the pilgrims sang
this Psalm as they went up to Jerusalem, heading for Mount Zion.
Maybe the ancient hills
pointed them to heaven and to their creator.
But maybe it was also a
difficult journey.
Maybe as they looked up
they saw dangers amongst the hills.
Perhaps we can imagine a
robber lying in wait.
Or an enemy coming over
the horizon.
Perhaps we can think of
many things which threaten us.
So, the Psalmist asks us,
where does your help come from?
Where will you look for
safety and security?
And the Psalmist’s answer
is clear:
My help comes from Yahweh,
the LORD, the covenant keeping personal God of the Bible who is who he is.
Yahweh the maker of all
things.
The one who made the
hills.
He is the God who keeps,
or watches or guards.
In our version of the
Psalm we have some form of that word “keep” 6 times.
Our keeper does not sleep.
He keeps us day and night –
24 /7 from all evil.
Neither sun nor moon can
strike us.
He keeps our going out and
our coming in, and presumably also everything in between, now and for ever.
Our life is hidden with
Christ in God.
There is no better keeper,
no surer guard, no more vigilant watcher, no more reliable help.
In a scorching land,
Yahweh himself is a shade right there at our right hand.
And so indeed glory to the
Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Let’s sing his praises
with happy, confident, secure hearts.
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