HELP FROM ABOVE
Memorise: My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven
and earth. Psalm 121:2
Read: Psalms 121:1-8, (KJV)
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto
the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth
thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that
keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy
right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by
night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall
preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Bible in one year: Romans 13:7-16:27, Psalms 7
MESSAGE
When there was a national calamity of famine in Samaria, a
woman conspired with her friend to take turns to kill their children for food.
After the other woman had helped her friend to eat her son, she refused to
surrender her own son for food. The foolish woman cried to the king for help
but the king’s reply is a food for thought in our devotional reading for today.
The king said:
“…If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?
Out of the barn floor or out of the winepress?”
2nd Kings 6:27
The Psalmist was right when he said, in our memory verse,
that his help comes from the Maker of Heaven and Earth. Genuine help can only
come from above. The strength of man is bound to fail. The Almighty God is the
present Help in the time of need; He is ever ready to send help to whoever
solicits for it. He said:
“And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
Psalms 50:15
When five kings united against the Gibeonites because they
made peace with the children of Israel, they cried unto Joshua who in turn
cried unto God for help. The Lord sent help from above and the five kings
perished by the hand of Joshua.
“And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and
were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from
heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with
hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.”
Joshua 10:11
Many people put their trust in mortal beings and always end
up disappointed. The Bible discourages us from putting our trust in men
(Jeremiah 17:5). Whereas, the same chapter says:
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose
hope the Lord is.”
Many years ago, someone heard that I was building a house
and volunteered to help in the supply of blocks since he was a block
manufacturer and that I should pay at the convenient time. It was a mistake
that I never made again. The moment this man realised that I was doing the
roofing of the house he began to pester me for his money. I remained him that
he was the one who volunteered to help but he continued all the same to pester
me for his money. I cried to God for help with a promise that I will never make
such a mistake again. Beloved, I prophesy to your life, the help that will not
expose you to ridicule will come your way this season in Jesus’ name. However,
you must always put your trust in the Lord; you must not choose to have a “Plan
B” in your relationship with the Present Help, the Almighty God. More
importantly, you must surrender your life to Jesus Christ and abstain from all
appearances of evil (1st Thessalonians 5:22).
Prayer Point:
Father, please send me help from above today and don’t let
me be put to shame in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens ckgod, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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