I lift my eyes up

One of my favorite songs right now is by Kristian Stanfill called “Always”.   The song talks about going through troubles and how we are to lift up our eyes to the Lord, because that is where our help comes from. Psalm 121

Our help may look like it comes from different places or different ways.  But our help comes from the Lord. So lift up your eyes and look to the Lord., because that is truly where are help comes from.  The chorus of the song has these words, “Oh, my God, He will not delay”.   When we are in troubles and we cry out to God, we want immediate results.  God is faithful and delay is not denial.  And delay doesn’t mean God didn’t hear you. 

Remember Lazarus in John 11?   Lazarus was sick and when they brought word to Jesus,  He stayed two more days where He was at.  John 11:6.  Mary and Martha both said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died".  The situation seems hopeless, but Jesus says to them, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”  You know the rest of the account, how Lazarus died and was brought back to life, so that people would see the glory of God.   John 11:40-43

Remember Acts 12?   Peter was in prison and going to be killed the next day. The church had been praying for him. And the last night before Peter was to be killed, he was miraculously rescued by God.

So when you find your faith being tried, or you find yourself in a fiery trial, lift your eyes up! 
Lift up your eyes. Your help comes from the Lord. And He will not delay, Help is on the way!!

 1 Peter 1:6-7 (NIV)
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 4:12-13 (NIV)
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.