Psalm 121
Big Idea: Our Help Comes From The Lord, Our Maker And Our Keeper
Lift up my eyes to:
1) The Lord Who helps me (v. 1-2)
Look to the Lord because (v. 2):
1) The Lord is with me in it
2) The Lord is sovereign over it
3) The Lord will help me through it
“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people, from this time forth and forevermore.”
– Psalm 125:2
2) The Lord Who keeps me (v. 3-8)
3 ways the Lord keeps us faithfully:
1) The Lord stabilizes us (v. 3-4)
“The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in His way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.”
– Psalm 37:23-24
“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”
– Jude 1:24-25
2) The Lord covers us (v. 5-6)
“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.”
– Psalm 91:1-6
3) The Lord protects us (v. 7-8)
The Lord will protect us:
1) From all evil (v. 7a)
2) For all eternity (v. 7b)
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.”
– Psalm 23:4-6
3) Throughout every moment (v. 8a)
4) Of every day (v. 8b)