I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
Too often, though, we don’t look up, but look out to find help. We look towards institutions and people for advice and resources in times of troubles.
Not necessarily a bad thing to do….unless we don’t take time to prioritize the foremost need to look to the Lord first.
For you see, the real problem that comes from us NOT looking to the Lord for help but to others is that we will become more and more inclined to adapt our beliefs and actions towards that institution’s or person’s standards.
To put this succinctly: familiarity fosters consent.
Now, here is one way that we can begin discerning how well we or others are looking to the Lord for help: checking our stress levels. Namely, the more that people are seeking the Lord for help, for His provisions, their stress will be less
Who will you look up to!