My Help......

Psalm 121:1-2 NIV:
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord , the Maker of heaven and earth.

Indeed, there is nowhere you look these days and you get inspired. You look around you and see the issues that surround you; you look inwards atimes and you find no strength to sustain you in times of distress. All around, there is a greater emotional demand on your time, resources,energy, abilities and body more than ever before.

The only place left to look is up. Every other option has got its issues. The Psalmist must have tried other options and found out that nothing else worked. He must have looked around him and realised that there was no help around him or inside of him. The advice today is the same thing the Psalmist has done: look up to God. He comes highly recommended by those who have tried him and found him to be faithful and dependable.

He is the Maker of Heaven and Earth and therefore understands fully what is needed by everyone to make a success of his life and ministry. He alone can help when all other options have failed. He is the One who walks in and stays in when everyone else has left. He is the One who makes the first step of offering help to us, even though we are the ones in need of that help.

Look up today, stop looking around. Depressing scenes abound all around. The only place to look is up. Look to God and cease from fruitless labour. His time of favour is here.