Where does my help come from?

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

“Our help,” our hope for the future, our ground of confidence in all trials present and to come. “Is in the name of the Lord.” Jehovah's revealed character is our foundation of confidence, his person is our sure fountain of strength.

“Who made heaven and earth.”

Our Creator is our preserver. He is immensely great in his creating work; he has not fashioned a few little things alone, but all heaven and the whole round earth are the works of his hands. When we worship the Creator let us increase our trust in our Comforter. Did he create all that we see, and can he not preserve us from evils which we cannot see? Blessed be his name, he that has fashioned us will watch over us; yea, he has done so, and rendered us help in the moment of jeopardy. He is our help and our shield, even he alone. He will to the end break every snare. He made heaven for us, and he will keep us for heaven; he made the earth, and he will succour us upon it until the hour cometh for our departure. Every work of his hand preaches to us the duty and the delight of reposing upon him only. All nature cries, “Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah there is everlasting strength.” “Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

From The Treasury of David, exposition of Psalm 124. Image by Jesse Millan under Creative Commons License.