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July 10
Thursday


LOOK TO
THE HILLS

READ:
Psalm 121
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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.
__Psalm 121:1-2
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Atop Corcovado Mountain over-looking the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, stands Christ the Redeemer, one of the tallest statues of Christ in the world. Standing 30 meters tall, with arms spreading 28 meters, this sculpture weighs 635 metric tons. It can be seen day or night from almost anywhere in the city. One look to the hills brings this figure of Christ the redeemer into view.

The New Testament tells us that Christ is not only the redeemer, but He is also the Creator of the universe, and that Creator is in view in Psalm 121. There the psalmist challenges us to lift our eyes to the hills to see God, for our "help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth" (vv.1-2). He alone is sufficient to be our strength and to guide our steps as we make our way through a dangerous and troubled world.

We lift our eyes to the One who keeps us (v.3), guards us (vv.5-6), and overshadows us in the face of all types of danger. He preserves us from evil and keeps us safely in His care for all eternity (vv.7-8).

In faith, we lift our eyes to the One who is our redeemer and creator. He is our help and our hope and our eternal home. __Bill crowder

``````````````````````````````O God, our help in ages past,```````````````````````````
``````````````````````````````Our hope for years to come,````````````````````````````
```````````````````````````Our shelter from the stormy blast,``````````````````````````
`````````````````````````````And our eternal home! __Watts`````````````````````````
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Christ was lifted up that He might lift us up.

*****************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 121**************************

1 I will lift up my eyes to
the hills--from whence
comes my help? 2 My help
comes from eh LORD, who
made heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your
foot to be moved; He who
keeps you will not slumber.

4 Behold, he who keeps
Israel shall neither slumber
nor sleep.

5 The LORD is your keeper;
the LORD is your shade at
your right hand. 6 The sun
shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD shall preserve
you from all evil; He shall
preserve your soul. 8 The
LORD shall preserve your
going out and your coming
in from this time forth, and
even forevermore.

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The superscription for Psalm 121 is "A Song of Ascents." This
designation is actually given to the collection of psalms that includes
psalms 120-134. called " a psalter within the psalter" by Charles
Haddon Spurgeon, these songs were sang by Jewish pilgrims making
their way to Jerusalem for the three primary feast times of the year.
The reason for calling them songs of "accent" is that Jerusalem is
the highest point in Israel, so people going to Jerusalem were always
going up.