[Monday's Devotional] - Where is Your Focus?

Where is Your Focus? This week we are going to look at Psalm 121, which is very well known (though not sung very often these days, I guess). I first sang it, aged 5 or so, when "I to the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence doth come mine aid…" was the school song.  At the time, the language was a little strange though the meaning was later gradually revealed as I grew older.    We will look at the Psalm in more detail, but today let's start by looking at the whole thing.   Here is the Psalm as translated in the NIV:   I lift up my eyes to the mountains - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip - he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you - the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm - he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Psalm 121: 1-8 [NIV]      Take encouragement as you read the words today.  Lift up your eyes and your heart to the one who is always ready to give help, the one who never sleeps, watches over you, shields you from harm and cares for you your whole life.  The Lord is all-sufficient for our needs, though we often forget that.   Lord, help us to focus on you this week.  Help us not to rely on our own strength, our own resources or the wrong advice and motivations of those who deny you.  Thank you for caring for us now and evermore, Amen. Dave MacLellan    Twitter Website Copyright © 2017 St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to the Daily Devotionals Our mailing address is: St. Matthew & St. Oswald's Church 1a New Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 7BE United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Want to be added to our mailing list? - sign up here!