January 11, 2021 Lift Up Your Eyes－Psalms 121：

I do agree with our vision – what we see literally line of sight can affect our spiritual vision or our mood. For example we feel dull and gloomy in a cloudy day, conversely in a bright sunny day we feel much happier and energetic. Then should we feel bored and moody on a gloomy day, not really. Scientists show our living environment can change our circumstantial ambience and our mind. We can listen to some relaxing music and read up the bible, especially the psalmist singing, “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.” (Psalm 121:1-2). We simply need to lift our eyes far and high.

The psalmist reflected where his help came from, maybe because the hilltops around Israel were dotted with altars. Or it could have been that psalmist looked up beyond the hills to Mount Zion where the temple stood and remembered that the Maker of heaven and earth was his covenant God. Either way, to worship we must look up. We have to lift our eyes higher than our circumstances, higher than our troubles and trials, higher than the empty promises of the world of our day. Then we can see the Creator and Redeemer, the One who calls us by name. He’s the One “the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”

 (Psalm 121:8)

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January 11, 2021   Lift Up Your Eyes－Psalms 121：

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