What Do You Depend On? - Psalm 121:1-2

"I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. While this Psalm seems to be speaking to the pilgrim coming to the temple in Jerusalem to sacrifice and worship, it also becomes a moral lesson for the journey of life. The Psalmist directed his plea for help not toward the hills surrounding Jerusalem or even the Temple Mount, but to the Lord Himself, the person of God, Who created heaven and earth. So what do you depend on? Do you find your security in your job, your home, your life insurance policy, your bank account, your retirement fund? The Psalmist makes it clear that the Lord is your Keeper and should be the One on Whom you depend. So much so that the Psalm is dominated by the word, "keep." The Lord is your keeper (vs 5). The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore (vs 7-8).