from vertigo to focus

Psalm 121:1-3, "I lift up my eyes to the hills-where does my help come from?  My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.  He will not let your foot slip-he who watches over you will not slumber;"

I was reading Dr. Constable's commentary and BAM it hit me why I love Colorado so much...or at least the explanation of what the mountains do and why, although God is everywhere, I feel so close to Him there.  

As the psalmist journeyed to Mt. Zion to worship God at one of the annual feasts, he looked up to the mountains and reflected on his source of help.  His source of help was the very One who made those hills and heaven and earth.  Although I am not an Israelite, I am a fellow journeyer.  When I see the mountains, I know who made them and the One who made them is the same One who watches over me.  He doesn't slumber.  In fact, it's when I go to sleep that He is probably hard at work because I have finally relinquished what I think is my control over my life.

My challenge is to look to the ordinary and see God in ALL things so I have the same experience.  I find it easy looking at clouds and sunsets...but to look at the house He provides for me to live in, the school He provides for me to work in, the traffic light that provides some order to what would be chaos even though it is currently making me wait...

My challenge is also to relinquish my control in my waking moments to the One who does not slumber.  And when I trip to say, "Yep, God...I was trying to do that on my own."  And focus my eyes back on the One who made even me...fearfully, wonderfully, perfect through Jesus.