Help Lord!!

Psalms 121:1-8 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.

I. In Distress

Psalm 120:1-2 1 In my distress. I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

Distress: Affliction; calamity; misery; a state of danger - as a ship in distress

DISTRESS Jessica McClure 58 hrs

God often digs wells of joy with the spade of sorrow!

II. In The Valley

Psalm 121:1-2 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.

David said “I will LIFT UP mine eyes unto the hills,” for him to say this he had to be in a valley.

The “journey” of the Christian life is much like a journey across the world would be. You are going to come to places that are going to be in the valley and you are going to have all the underbrush and briars and thickets to contend with. These places are going to be abundant and they will be large places that will often take much time and effort to cross.

There will be other places where you will be on the top of the mountain tops and will be able to fully behold the beauty of the view that stretches for miles and miles. Here there is no underbrush, no thorns, no thickets, and for the most part no real hardships.

However, to get here you must first cross the valley and then you must make the climb to the top. These places will be few and far between and will not be as large and will require much less time to cross.

The beauty of it all is that on the mountain you have time to rest, in the valley is where God is working on you, and getting all the imperfections out of your life and allowing you to see that He is faithful. The valley is also the place where God allows you grow. Here is where the still waters of life are found and where the pastures are the greenest, and where the grass is the softest for the weary traveler to find out just how much God really loves us.

III. In Your House

As people come into the House Of God they are often looking for help for various reasons.

A. They are FACING TRIALS

1. Finical

2. Physical

B. They are wanting REST

C. They are wanting FOOD

D. They are wanting COMFORT