Where does My Help Come From?

Psalm 121:1-2, Romans 8:32

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Where do you turn to for help? If it’s something small, you maybe go to friends and family members, but if they’re not able to help, you probably go to someone else. Is there emergency? You probably call 9-1-1. You’re hoping the dispatchers going to lead you to the right person to the EMT is if it’s a health concern. To the fire department, if there’s smoke. To the police, if you don’t feel safe or if a crime has been committed. What if they can’t help? Who do you turn to?

Psalm 121 is called a Song of Accents, it’s listed among many Psalms that the children of Israel would use as they entered into the great city of Jerusalem. That song begins in this way.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains. Where does my help come from? (Psalm 121:1)

As he looks up upon the mountains of Jerusalem, he asked that question, Where does my help come from? A good question for us to ask. But he answers it.

My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. (Psalm 121:2)

He knows who his helper is. The one true God. But how do we know that God is able to help? The psalmist himself points to this fact about God, that he is the maker of heaven and Earth, simply by speaking the word things came into the being he has all power, all authority and heaven on Earth to do anything. So he’s certainly one who can help.

But how do we know he wants to help? In Romans 8, 32, the Apostle Paul tells us this.

Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also graciously give us all things along with him? (Romans 8:32)

Paul, there, points us to the cross. He points us to God’s love for each and every one of us at the cross, how he sent his son Jesus to suffer and die for our sins. And he makes the point that if God loved you enough to do that, certainly God cares about you in lesser things. How much more will he also graciously along with him, give you all things?

So where do we turn to for help? It’s good to rely on friends and family members. It’s good to call 9-1-1 in case of emergency. But at all times, let us call upon the Lord in prayer, ask him for his help, knowing that he has all power on heaven and earth to do anything. Know that he wants to help how he’s shown his love for us through his son, Jesus Christ. Yes, our help is in the name of the Lord maker of heaven and Earth. Amen.