I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth . . . The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever. (Psalm 121:1-2, 7-8, NASB)
Psalm 121 is “The LORD the Keeper of Israel.” It’s one of my favorite psalms. The Bible passage above has the highlights from my e-Bible.
I happened to be in Colorado Springs one day. I was doing Bible study in my motel room. My habit was to read a psalm each day during my quiet time. The psalm for that day was Psalm 121. “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come?” Wow! I opened the curtain, I saw Pike’s Peak and the Rampart Range right in front of me! I kept reading: “My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” Hereafter, whenever I saw a mountain, or a picture of a mountain, I think of this passage.
These same two verses are on a stained glass window in the Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy. If you look through this window, you can see the Rampart Range, the foothills to the Rocky Mountains. There is great hope to take in this scene! (Side note: The Cadet Chapel is closed for several years for renovation, to repair leaks in the structure. The Chapel is surrounded by a huge, box-like shroud while the renovation takes place. Many cadets will graduate having never seen the Chapel!)
This psalm ends with great hope: “The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever.” Sign me up!