HELP FROM ON HIGH   
Psalms 121:1-8

The world tries to find help from a “high,” God’s children get help from on High!...

Babies can eat, but only if you put the bottle in their mouths. Even then, you have to hold the bottle for them. Then after they stop eating, they can’t burp themselves. They need help.  
Babies can’t clean up after themselves. They can’t change their own diapers. They can’t bathe themselves. They can’t dress themselves. And when they are first born, they can’t even entertain themselves. Babies require a lot of help in life.  
 
Even as we grow older we still need a lot of help in life. At every age we need some kind of help. Even in our so-called years of maturity. 
 
David said, "I lift up my eyes to the hills - where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth."

One writer said in reality that David was not looking to the hills for help, as a matter of fact they were his obstacle… 
 
 
I. The Source of our Help 
 
Psalm 121:1-2 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.  
 
A man told of a friend that suggested to him one time, "Whenever you have a problem before you talk to me, talk to Jesus first."  
 
Many of our problems in life would be solved a lot better and a lot quicker if we’d take things to the Lord first.  
 

When the people threatened to throw Daniel in the lion’s den, he didn’t call for human help. HE CALLED OUT TO GOD IN PRAYER! And what did God do? He shut the mouths of the lions. It’s doubtful that any other human could have done that. 
 
II. The Strength of our Help 
 
Vs:3-4  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.  
 
Somebody once said, “Has it ever occurred to you that nothing ever ‘occurs’ to God?” Nothing ever catches our God by surprise. Not skinned knees, not parking tickets, not dashed hopes, not cancer scares, not marital problems, not financial setbacks.  
 

We will fall. We will fail. We will make mistakes. We will blow it.  But the Scripture reads, "HE WILL NOT LET YOUR FOOT SLIP." 
 
He who watches over you will not slumber. That should be a reassuring thought. Some people are scared when they think of the Lord watching them, but I find great comfort in the knowledge that the Lord is watching over me. I know there is one person who loves me and understands me and is patient with me.  
 
 
III. The Extent of our Help 
 
Psalm 121:8  The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

 
The scope of our coverage from on high is great. 
 
ILL.- Missionary Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: "Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning. He sustained 3 million Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years. We do not expect He will send 3 million missionaries to China; but if He did, He would have ample means to sustain them all." 
 
 
Psalm 121:7-8  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.

 
God will provide for us "in the now" and "in the there." Here and now and there and then. The Lord has promised eternal life in Christ and He’ll pay off. 
 
Conclusion- A mother and her little four-year-old daughter were getting ready for bed. The little girl was afraid of the dark. When the light was turned out, the little girl caught a glimpse of the moon outside and asked, "Mama, is the moon God’s light?" She said, "Yes." "Will God put out His light and go to sleep?" "No, honey, God never goes to sleep." 
 
The little girl replied, "Well, as long as God is awake, there is no sense in both of us staying awake."