Read Psalm 121:1-8
I lift up my eyes to the hills — from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD.
- Psalm 121:1-2 (NRSV)
During our son Paul’s training as a cadet in the U.S. Air Force Academy, he and the other cadets were tested to their limits. As his parents, Betty and I supported him during those trying days. We wrote to him, prayed daily for him, and encouraged him to draw strength from Psalm 121 — a favorite scripture of ours.
That psalm spoke directly to him there in the Colorado mountains when the psalmist said: “I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord.” We often encouraged our son to look up to the mountains that surrounded him and to remember this psalm.
Upon completion of his basic training, he said that our encouragement and the spiritual strength he drew from this passage — and his own personal faith — had enabled him each day to face tough challenges with renewed confidence. Throughout his years as a cadet, our son continued to draw inspiration from the Lord through regular worship in the Air Force Academy chapel. All during his 20 years as a pilot, he knew that God was near.
When we face difficulties — such as disease, loss of a loved one, or loss of a job — we can turn to Psalm 121 and lift our eyes to the Lord with the assurance that God will help us and sustain us.
Thought for the Day:
Wherever I am, I can seek God’s help.
Prayer: Thank you, O Lord, that we can always look to you, knowing that you are with us and care about us. Amen
Prayer Focus: THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY
The scripture quotation, unless otherwise indicated, is from the NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
I lift up my eyes to the hills — from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD.
- Psalm 121:1-2 (NRSV)
That psalm spoke directly to him there in the Colorado mountains when the psalmist said: “I lift up my eyes to the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord.” We often encouraged our son to look up to the mountains that surrounded him and to remember this psalm.
Upon completion of his basic training, he said that our encouragement and the spiritual strength he drew from this passage — and his own personal faith — had enabled him each day to face tough challenges with renewed confidence. Throughout his years as a cadet, our son continued to draw inspiration from the Lord through regular worship in the Air Force Academy chapel. All during his 20 years as a pilot, he knew that God was near.
When we face difficulties — such as disease, loss of a loved one, or loss of a job — we can turn to Psalm 121 and lift our eyes to the Lord with the assurance that God will help us and sustain us.
Thought for the Day:
Wherever I am, I can seek God’s help.
Prayer: Thank you, O Lord, that we can always look to you, knowing that you are with us and care about us. Amen
Prayer Focus: THOSE SERVING IN THE MILITARY
The scripture quotation, unless otherwise indicated, is from the NEW REVISED STANDARD VERSION of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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