My help comes from the Lord

“I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1,2

Dear friend,
Where does your help come from when things get tough? … For example:
When the moral values are in deep decline in America?
When a relationship begins to splutter and fail?
When your teenage son or daughter starts running with the wrong crowd?
When a loved one dies?
When you suffer a crisis of faith and find it hard to pray?
Issues like these are all too common. The question is: When things go awry and your world seems to be coming apart at the seams, where does your help come from?
The psalmist answers with a clear and certain voice: “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
If you don’t get anything else from this short article, please get this: If your help comes from anything or anyone else other than the Lord God Almighty, you’re apt to be disappointed. Family, friends, business associates — even your pastor — are likely to let you down when you need them most. Only God is ultimately steadfast and dependable.
Tony Dungy, as most of you know, was the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He has a long-standing reputation for being a man of impeccable integrity and strong character. Little did he know how his faith would be tested. The Colts were nearing the end of the 2005 season. They were 13-0 and had just come home from beating Jacksonville. The phone rang at 1:45 a.m. The nurse on the other end of the line informed him that his son, Jamie, had taken his own life. Dungy says, “The next several days were all a fog.”
They flew to Tampa, where Jamie was enrolled in college and began making plans for his funeral. Dungy says, “Lauren and I weren’t sure how we’d get through this, but we recognized that we were going to have to cling to God’s strength and love if we were going to have a chance.”
He went on to say, “God doesn’t promise that once we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior we’ll be protected from harm and pain and stress. But He does promise that He’ll be there to lean on during those times.”
I’ve never met Tony Dungy, but from reading his book, I’ve come to appreciate the strength of his character and the depth of his faith. And I feel confident that, if he were here today, he’d answer the question before us without a moment’s hesitation: “You want to know where my help comes from? I’ll tell you: My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.”
May the same be true of you and me, now and always!
God bless you all!
Pastor John Todor