Look Out Or Look Up
If you watch the news, read the headlines, listen to conversations in the supermarket and the gas pumps, you will see and hear that our world is in pretty rough shape. Poverty, corruption in government, earthquakes and weather phenomenons and wars are in no short supply. It can be discouraging and stir up anxiety in us that can threaten to take our breath away.
There is a reason why the Psalmist looked UP. Psalm 121:1-6 (NLT) reminds us, "I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! He will not let you stumble; the One who watches over you will not slumber...The Lord Himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade."
When we look OUT we can forget the benefits of belonging to the Lord. We are distracted and dismayed by the turmoil in the world which may even be happening in our own backyard. And when we do that, we open the door to anxiety and allow fear to take hold of us. Before we know it, our peace has evaporated and our faith is weakened.
Today we must choose to look UP. Regardless of what is happening around us, our help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth! On Him, we can put our trust.
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