Thursday 31 January 2013

Help, or Harmonic Convergence?

I will lift up my eyes to the hills -- from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.  
Psalm 121:1-2

Recommended Reading
Psalm 121
What did the psalmist mean when he said he was looking to the hills for help? He certainly didn't mean that the hills themselves provided help. He wasn't like the New Age thinkers in Arizona who suggest that the red hills around Sedona emit a "harmonic convergence" that gives healing and strength to visitors. Nor was he expecting the cavalry to come charging over the hills like in a TV Western.
Though various commentators of Psalm 121 offer different suggestions, perhaps the simplest explanation is the best. The psalmist, in facing great difficulty, looked up and saw the hills that God had made. And he said to himself: "The Creator of heaven and earth is my Lord, and if He can create all things, He can surely take care of me."
In searching for meaning and security in life, don't look to temporal pleasures or enjoyments. Instead look to the One who made the mountains rise, who spread the flowing seas abroad and built the lofty skies. Your help comes from the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.

Mine eyes look toward the mountains, help cometh from on high, from God who never slumbers, whose care is ever nigh. 


A Swedish paraphrase of Psalm 121


Read-Thru-the-Bible
Leviticus 11-13

David Jeremiah's Website

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