January 15, 2013 – Psalms 120 – 122

I have heard the line or a form of the line “The Lord will guard your coming and going both now and forever”.  I forget what prayer I heard that in.  It is a nice thought to have and would be a nice way to greet and say good-bye to people. 

We also have the line “my help comes from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth”.  This was made very well known by the Christian pop song.  It is over looked because of it I imagine, but stop to think about what it is saying.  My help, already you are humbly saying that you need help.  And when you get help, it comes from God.  And not just any god, but the same God that made the heavens and the earth, basically all creation and all that exist.  There is a lot a theology and things to reflect on packed in that one simple line and goes by in a couple of seconds in a quick song.  But there are a lot of those lines in the Bible.  Next time you hear that song, hopefully you will remember this and think about the deep meaning of that line and deeply pray for the humility to ask for God’s help and know that the maker of all is listening and is longing to be asked.