What Keeps You Going?
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.
Psalm 121:1-2 [NIV]
In The Message bible, the word "strength" is used in place of "help", or "aid". At times when we are feeling low and alone, it is good advice to look up, not down. Many years ago when walking the dog across a rugby field, I was looking at the ground and thinking about the day ahead. Coming to the opposite edge of the field, I looked back to see my footsteps making a very wavy line across the field. Had I been looking up, focused on a point in the distance, my path would surely have been much straighter.
As we started the week with an upward look – continue to fix your sights on the creator of the mountains, not the muddy prints of your own footsteps. Too often I find myself looking back at things not achieved, things that could have gone better or things that went wrong. We can't effectively advance if we spend our whole time looking back.
Sometimes we forget that God made everything around us, including us ourselves. And sometimes we put God into a box to be opened on Sunday – thinking that he is a historical figure to be admired rather than our Maker, Creator and Sustainer.
To quote another well-loved hymn:
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
Lord, help us to look to you for our help and strength this week. In Jesus name, Amen
Dave MacLellan
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