“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)

Except for those living in plains, it is common to see hills rising over a landscape. Unless if erased to make way for some purpose, when a hill is ahead of you one can hardly see beyond. A hill by its nature obstructs a view. There are places where tunnels have been constructed to pass through hills, but mostly people decide to just go around them to get ahead. In brief, hills can be an obstacle in our journeys.

As Believers we can also come up and face hills. A hill can feature in our very lives when we are faced with a challenge that we can’t see beyond. The challenge seems to be so huge that the hill in our mind actually becomes a mountain. Perhaps we might even be too terrified that instead of figuring a way around the hill, we drop down, exhausted with fear and worry.

When David was faced with a hill, instead of only focusing on the hill, he looked beyond to something higher and more hopeful. The Almighty God who made the heaven and earth, and controls all situations. Instead of focusing on the hill of problems, he asked, “From whence my help comes?”

Today, you could be seeing a hill ahead of the way, and moreover looming like an insurmountable mountain. But like King David, know our help comes from the Lord, a very present help in trouble.

Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, where I am faced with a hill I look beyond, because you are our present help, and will carry me through and beyond the hill, this I pray in Jesus’ name!