Will you Lift Up Your Eyes Where Your Help Comes From?

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September 23rd, 2008
By Connie Ciccone
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Will you Lift Up Your Eyes Where Your Help Comes From?

Scripture: Psalms 121:1 "I will lift up my eyes unto the hills from whence comes my help.

"The psalmist speaks of the blessings and help that come from God when we place our trust in Him. He says that God will keep us stable in all situations, whether by day or night, for the same God that led Israel out of Egypt with the cloud by day and the fire by night is watching over us. This almighty God who is the maker of the heavens and the earth never slumbers or sleeps, and He constantly watches to guard us from the enemy and to preserve our body and soul wherever we go.

In times of trouble, there is a special hill that we can look to for all of the help that we need. It is the hill called Mt. Calvary where Jesus suffered and died for you and me. When we have grief and pain, we can look to that hill because it was there that Jesus carried our sorrows. "He was stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." Isaiah 52:14 says, "His appearance was so marred" that He could hardly be recognized. Jesus was also a man who was despised and rejected by other men and was also acquainted with much grief

(Isaiah 53:3-4).

We can also look to this hill for our spiritual cleansing and salvation because it was there that "Jesus was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities." As we look to this hill we can find peace and well being, because as Jesus bore the crown of thorns upon His brow, the "chastisement of our peace was laid upon Him. Through the anguish that Jesus suffered, He provided us with a glorious peace that passes all understanding. When we have physical ailments, we can look to Him for our healing, for on the way to Mt. Calvary, He was beaten and scourged. And scripture tells us that because of the thirty-nine stripes that He bore in His own flesh, we are healed. This hill is also a special place of refuge when we are facing great difficulties and unstable situations. On this hill "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us" (Gal. 3:13). Obey the instructions of the psalmist and lift up your eyes and look. You will not only see the hill called Mt. Calvary, but you will see Jesus, the Son of the Living God. He is your help and your only hope, for with His own life, He has paid the entire debt that you owed.

May He Bless You and Keep You Today!

With Great Love
IN HIS SERVICE
Connie