I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.
Indeed, the Protector of Israel
does not slumber or sleep.
The Lord protects you;
the Lord is a shelter right by your side.
The sun will not strike you by day
or the moon by night.
The Lord will protect you from all harm;
he will protect your life.
The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.
Psalm 121 (CSB)
When everything seems impossible, when taking the next step seems unbearable, we shout and cry, loudly and silently, asking God to come through, to help. Our prayers don’t go out to a void that can’t reply back to us. Our prayers ascend to the Maker of heaven and earth, and He is ready at all times to hear us, help us, and be with us.
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I’m struggling with this message as I think of the current war and how so many people are hurting.
Oh Shakira, God is hearing all your prayers, all of my prayers. I hurt so bad and cry out for all the pain these wars are causing to the whole world. But God’s Word tells us all these things will happen…He has prophesied all that is still yet to come. We must pray, trust, and faithfully endure. It is scary and I so do not understand the depths of this kind of evil. But God is in control! HE IS COMING BACK AND ONE DAY THE WICKED WILL BE NO MORE. ONE DAY, GOD WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT. I feel your pain, concern, and longing for things to just be okay again. We just have to surrender it all to God…HIS WILL MUST BE DONE, not ours.
Bless you and sending you a hug of comfort and understanding. God knows you are hurting and that speaks to Him of the wonderful heart of kindness and compassion that you have for others. It will not return to you void.
I am struggling with the dame thing. It makes me wonder if all who died are non believers?
Shakira,
God knows & sees the hurting people. He hears our prayers for Israel. If you study Bible prophesy you will see that most of this must happen before Jesus comes back. Praying for everyone to understand that God alone is in control! Evil will not prevail for much longer.
Blessings 🙂
Shakira, I too struggle with this Psalm, so I understand your questioning its truth. My encouragement to you is to remember that God is sovereign. His ways are not our ways and we’re asked to trust Him even when we don’t understand. Watching the suffering is beyond difficult.
It causes us to wonder why?!! I will pray with you that the Lord will give you wisdom to trust Him in this broken world and to help you be a light to the suffering around you.
We can say God where are you. Why are you letting wars happen in our world. People be cruel to to People. In Wars and other ways with People and Kids dying when they shouldn’t have. People and kids in our world Homeless and Starving. But we that are saved still have to believe and trust God that he is in control that he see what man does to People and kids and see that People and kids are Homeless in our world. Still trust him we that are saved. No matter even if we don’t see our God doing anything to stop of these things that go in our world today plus other things that go on in it to. We can start to God where are you that your not doing anything to stop all this. But we are not to say anything just pray and trust God that he is still in control that he see it all what they do. He will not let them away with it. They might get away with it this side of earth. But they not get away when they leave this earth. Remember that God hears all our prayers. We trust him for everything and his word. Love today reading. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little Enniskillen Co.Fermanagh N.Ireland.
Like all of you, I too struggle with this Psalm, as I see so many innocent civilians dying in the Israel- Gaza war. My heart goes out to the people who are suffering so much. While, I don’t understand, I know that our Sovereign GOD is in control. HE loves all people and wants each one to believe and commit their lives to JESUS CHRIST.
Surely, HE sees and hears our prayers for these suffering people. In HIS time, HE will return to make all things beautiful.
In Courage,
Chris Tomlin has a new song out “God Who Listens”. It is powerful. Ours is a God who listens & hears our prayers. Unlike any other man made God!!
Oh, oh, oh, oh
The God who made the winters and the summers
The One who put the stars all in their place
The only One who stands above all others
He knows me by name
The angels hide their faces in His presence
The demons run for cover when You speak
You rule the world and reign above the heavens
And still draw close to me
And when I close my eyes
I know that
I’m not just hopin’, I’m not just wishin’
I know I’m prayin’ to a God who listens
I know He hears me, I know He’s livin’
Yes, I am prayin’ to a God who listens
He walks with me and leads me by still waters
I lay my troubles down at His feet (lay my troubles down)
It’s amazing that the Savior and the Father
He is (He is) a friend (a friend) to me
How can it be, oh?
I’m not just hopin’, I’m not just wishin’
I know I’m prayin’ to a God who listens
I know He hears me, I know He’s livin’
Yes, I am prayin’ (yes, I am prayin’) to a God who listens
Your God who listens
Who knows me, who loves me
Who never will fail me
Who tells me that I am His own
And You surround me, remind me
You always are for me
So I come boldly to Your throne
I’m not just hopin’, I’m not just wishin’
Yes, I am prayin’ to a God who listens
Oh, Lord a promise, that we’ve been given
Yes, we are prayin’ to a God who listens
Yes, You are, yes You are
Ooh, yeah, oh, yeah-yeah
Oh, oh-oh
I’m not just hopin’ (I’m not just hopin’)
I’m not just wishin’ (I’m not just wishin’)
Blessings 🙂