My Help Cometh From the Lord

Do you know the source of your help? Do you know it like you know your name? Well, this is something that I didn’t always know. It was information I had but I didn’t know in the true sense of the word—I didn’t believe.

Psalm 121:2 - My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

I spent the early part of my adult life upset because I wasn’t appreciative of the source of my blessings. Can you believe that? I was upset because in my limited thinking, I believed that certain blessings should have come from certain people. You read that right! I was walking around with this attitude of ungratefulness and animosity because my parents should have done certain things and my siblings should have done certain things and my friend should have…yes—a hot, raggedy mess!

It was not until I fully knew, understood and believed the scripture at Psalm 121:2 that I was able to see my life differently. When I finally got it, I felt really bad. I got down on my knees and begged God to forgive me for being so shortsighted and ungrateful. God has always given me everything I need but because those blessings were not delivered the way  I envisioned, I was salty.

Can you imagine? Someone gives you a beautiful bouquet of your favorite flowers, tied up in a nice red bow. Maybe the kind gesture comes from a close friend, or a family member. Can you even wrap your mind around being upset about that bouquet of flowers because you don’t really care for the color red? Don’t they know that pink is your signature color? Or, would it make sense to you to be annoyed because the flowers didn’t come from your husband?

Of course both of these instances sound ludicrous--absurd, but that is exactly the attitude we are exhibiting when we don’t view every blessing as a blessing because of who delivered it. The blessing is from God. He is the source. He knows the desires of your heart and He will grant them to you (Psalm 37:4).

So many people are disenchanted in this world because they feel they have nothing to be grateful for. If we consider the source of every blessing we will surely know how much God, our Father, loves and cares for us.

There is a blessing in every situation and circumstance. I pray that we all can view our lives in this way from this day forward.

Peace and God’s Greatest Blessings,
Veronica