I lift up my eyes to the mountains – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalms 121:1‭-‬2

This week I lost it!  Not proud of myself.  I just couldn’t face another day in hospital stuck on a drip feeling sick.

My wife, of course, got the full force of it, the tears, the frustration, the anger.
Once again, I’m sorry.

Those who are closest to us really do bear the heaviest weight when it comes to going through these things.  I am so grateful to my wife, not just bearing with me, but loving me through it all.

That day, we once again got so many messages of support, love and prayer.  All of which were so welcome and so well timed.  Thank you again.

I was sent a verse that really stopped me in my tracks.  Psalm 121 above

Mountains, as well as being symbols of strength and majesty, are also used to describe difficulties we go through or obstacles in our way.  Things we need to overcome or “conquer”.

It seems almost a contradiction to look to a mountain for help.

The thing is when we are surrounded by our own “mountains” we can only see what’s in front of us or around us.  We can strive for a while, we can stoically push on, many may even admire how we keep going.  But sooner or later it overwhelms us the Mountains seem too big, the issues we face too grand.  We lose the fight, our own ability seems to fall way short. We lose it!

The psalmist invites us to look up.  This is a posture that doesn’t look at our mountain but too the majesty of God’s mountain.  Help come from that place and not our own.  It is only through his love, guidance and help that we overcome, that we conquer the mountains that surround us.  We just need to position ourselves to look to him.

If you ever climb and reach the summit of a mountain you are sometimes rewarded with the most spectacular views.  360 degrees seemingly for miles around.  It feels like you can see everything around you, what’s ahead, what’s behind.  This is perspective God has for you and me. He knows the battles that lie ahead, he knows what’s happened in the past, he also sees the wonderful plans he has for your future.

Jesus faced the ultimate mountain.  Not just his death, but total separation from God.  In doing so he took our shame, our mistakes, our own rejection of God.  He bore this so we can approach God free from condemnation, free from guilt or shame.  He knows what it is to face challenges, there is nothing too big for Jesus

So, look up to him, look to Jesus