I Lift My Eyes to God Alone

I lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD
the Maker of heaven and earth. -Psalm 121:1-2

When I face troubled times, I need not to look inward at my own strength which will fail me. I know God is greater than any struggle, temptation, trial, hardship, I might face in this life.

Troubles can't be avoided in this life. When I am in the midst of any sort of testing in my faith, I know God is right there: by my side.

I lift my eyes to God alone.
He is the only one who will see me through. He watches over my life. And that is comforting to know I serve the one true God whose name is powerful.

Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth. -Psalm 124:8

The help God provides to me is in His name for He holds power and authority in my life. When I am grounded in Him, I can never be moved.
I lift my eyes to God alone.

a CROSS the EARTH

Salvation is for all people. That's the reason for the cross.
a CROSS.
the EARTH.

I step away from the cross, I get away from Jesus and what He bore to save me. As a Christian, I need to embrace the cross for all my pain, sorrow, shame, brokenness, etc was laid there so I could taste forgiveness.

The forgiveness of God is a beautiful thing. Every wrongdoing is canceled out because He forgave me. In the book Don't Waste Your Life, John Piper writes that forgiveness is good because it gives us God. I agree with that statement because I am not right with God without forgiveness.

Being right with God through the gift of forgiveness enables me to forgive everyone who has ever hurt me or sought to cause me harm. Forgiveness is an act of grace and also sets me free.

Forgiveness is seen in the cross. I believe people of the earth need forgiveness and they will see it through the cross of Christ, not looking inward but outward.