January 16
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PSALM 121- LIFT UP YOUR EYES ON THE LORD
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun shall not
strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will
keep your life. 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. – Psalm 121:1-8
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According to biblestudytools.com, some call this psalm the soldier’s psalm. Some think that it was written while he was in the camp, when David was going through the high places in the field where he is exposed to danger. and thus trusted God to cover his head in the day of battle. Others call it the traveller’s psalm and think David penned it when he was going abroad, and designed it for a good man’s convoy and companion in a journey or voyage.
This psalm is an acknowledgement of God’s promise of protection to his own people. David starts this psalm with a focus on the source of his help who is God alone. In verse 3, he stands on God’s promise that God will never let him be moved or overcome by evil. David stands on Samuel’s prophecy written in 1 Samuel 2:9 which says “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail. David’s complete faith and hopeful expectation of God’s promises of protection and deliverance is quite remarkable. In verse 4, he inspires other believers that the God they serve doesn’t sleep and always watches over them. This psalm is full of God’s promises and amazing attributes of a loving Father who always ensures that his children are not going to be crushed by evil and will have victory and authority over darkness.
The apostle Paul repeats the theme of this psalm in Ephesians 6 when he mentions God’s armor in verse 13. Without God’s armor, we can be defeated by the enemy, but by putting on the full armor of God, each one of his children will be able to withstand the evil schemes and forces of the devil.
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REFLECTION
• Why is it important to keep looking up on the Lord and wear our protective gear of God’s armour when faced with attacks and schemes from the devil?