Day 754: Psalm 121- The Lord Is Your Keeper

I lift up my eyes to the hills.
    From where does my help come?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot be moved;
    he who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is your keeper;
    the Lord is your shade on your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
    nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;
    he will keep your life.
8 The Lord will keep
    your going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.
 
Meditation
As a family we read this Psalm most Sunday evenings. So much so that after one of my daughters returned from college the first time she said, “You are still doing this?!” Yes. Not every week… but most. We lay down to sleep, resting in God’s sovereign grace, and trust He will keep us.
 
This pilgrim passage promises protection for people ascending to Jerusalem for feasts and festivals. Help does not come from strongholds in the hills but from the One who made the hills (1-2). The Lord watches over every step (3) and promises trusting pilgrims they will be kept from evil and every danger (6-7).
 
The Lord is our Keeper (4, 5, 7, 8) from this step forward and forevermore! Total security is sustained in God’s sovereign grace. By faith we rest in the One who does not slumber or sleep (4) because He promises to keep… you, me, and all who trust in Him.
 
Jesus endured every danger, even death, so that we can be secure moving forward forevermore. God’s grace awakens us to realize our Lord does not slumber or sleep, so we can rest in His sovereign grace.
 
Richly Dwelling
-What descriptions of the Lord’s keeping are most inviting? Why?
 
-On your pilgrim journey, what are you trusting in to keep you?
 
-How does God’s guarantee offered through the finished work of Jesus increase your trust in Him and give you permission to rest in His sovereign grace?
 
Key Verse
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper…