Meaningful Life
Date: Oct. 21, 2024
Psalm 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.”
Meaningful Week
Text: Psalm 121:1-8
Title: Where Do You Get Help From?
Take-Away Point: “Trusting in God’s Faithfulness”
The Beatles in their 1967 album used to sing: “I get by with a little help from my friends.”
A commercial for a Lifeline product goes thus: “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”
These lines sum up the fact that in life, we all need help from time to time. What I will want to know this morning from each of us is, where do we go when we need help? Do we dial 911? Call a friend? or family members? Where do we go for help? The answer to this critical question determines the kind of result we get by the end of the day. Our success or failure in life is determined by who renders help to us.
Having a support system in place is a very lofty idea, At the same time, it is very important that we look deeper and beyond our reliance on such a support system. Because experience over the years has clearly shown that no support system, Insurance policy, no safety plan, or security measure can keep us totally safe in this world. One can adhere strictly to the safety rules, apply all the necessary precautions, eat well, exercise, yet things still go wrong, and they do. Recall the 1992 hit movie “The Bodyguard” Starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in which all necessary precaution and security details were put in place, yet harm befell Whitney and her family in that movie. That is the way of the world, security and safety is not guaranteed by man made methods. Life is full of three kinds of dangers that beset humanity:
The Physical Danger: disease, injury, accident, war, infirmity, rape, kidnapping, or natural disasters.
The Economic Danger: recession, depression, unemployment, bankruptcy, debt, etc.
The Spiritual Danger: doubt, sin, evil, corruption, fundamentalism, extremism, or false teaching.
Absolute refuge, provision, peace and wellbeing comes only from the Almighty God through His Son Jesus Christ. None of us are safe until we take refuge in God.
I wish you all a Meaningful Week
Pastor David Kachi Jite