Psalm 121

Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.

Psalm 121 is one of my favorites: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth.”

In The Message, Eugene Peterson translates Psalm 121 this way: “I look up to the mountains. Does my strength come from mountains?” No, my strength comes from God, who made heaven and earth and mountains.”

The story is told of a young boy in the waiting room of an airport. When the flight was called, the boy was ushered on first. He ended up sitting next to a pastor. The boy was polite in his greeting and then went on coloring his coloring book. Humming happily, he didn’t seem to have a care in the world. During the flight, they ran into some turbulence that bounced the plane around like a kite in the wind. A woman seated across the aisle from the young man became very frightened. When she spoke to the boy, her voice was agitated: “Little boy, aren’t you scared?” “No, ma’am,” he replied, briefly looking up from his coloring book. “My dad’s the pilot.”

Let us pray: God of love, help us to say with the Psalmist, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” In times of need, you are always there. Thank you! We love you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.