Keeping Our Promise Never To Forget

"I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.  Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore." - Psalm 121 

Psalm 121 was my paternal grandmother's favorite Psalm. My parents were divorced when I was 2. My grandparents were intentional about including me in their lives. Visiting them over  a weekend. Going on fishing trips to Wisconsin in the summer and fishing in local lakes at other times. She was also intentional about introducing me to Jesus. Not with the Four Spiritual Laws or anything - but in more subtle ways. She taught me manners, how to bake, how to mend and we always prayed before meals - something I never did at home. We would pray - 

"Come Lord Jesus, be our guest. Let this food to us be blessed. By Thy hand we shall be fed. Thank you Lord for our daily bread!" - Yes I still remember it. My message to you is don't think you are not making a difference in the lives of your children or their children. You - we - are like Paul and Apollos.

"I [Paul] planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase." - 1 Corinthians 3:6

Our job is to plant and water - it is God that brings the spiritual increase. 

I remember years later, when I was grown, I was visiting her in a nursing home. I was in the Army and I and my family were never in our home town much. I remember telling her that I would always come to see her. That I would never forget her. She looked at me with kind eyes and said, "Yes you will - Billy (my childhood nickname). You will get busy with life and stop thinking about me." And she was right - as my life got busier, I didn't think about her as much - certainly as much as she deserved.

You know the same thing can happen with us and the Lord. He can be a vital part of our lives when we are young in the faith, but then life happens and we can allow other things to draw us away. We stop thinking about the Lord as much. We become devoted to other things. It is a gradual thing - unnoticeable most often.

We must be intentional to always "lift up our eyes to the hills— From whence comes our help? Our help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow our feet to be moved; He who keeps us will not slumber." 

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory. 

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone