The Creator Is There

“My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121:2)

The psalmist understands God does not guarantee an untroubled journey in life; He only guarantees His presence along that journey. The psalmist is conscious that God will “help” him and that “help” could only come from Him.

His “help” wouldn’t come from bodyguards who accompanied him; it wouldn’t come from the other pilgrims; it wouldn’t come from the multitudes of citizens living in Jerusalem; it wouldn’t come from the national army waiting on the steps of the Temple. True “help” would only come from One who created all these – God Himself.

The point is that if God has power to create the “heavens and earth”, He certainly has the power to protect the pilgrim on any journey – no matter how dangerous. If He made all, He has the power to control all.

Derek Kidner writes in his commentary, “The thought of this verse leaps beyond the hills to the universe; beyond the universe to its Maker. Here is living help: primary, personal, wise, immeasurable.” (pg. 431)

What a God we serve! The psalmist confirms God is watching us, waiting to help us … when we call upon him. God watches His children.