lift MY eyes

Some of the very best lessons are the most simple.

The late great Kobe Bryant once said that he was the greatest because he was obsessed with the basics.

I believe that sometimes we forget the simplicity of life in an extremely complicated world. There are simple things that we can do on a daily basis to make our selfs feel good and to love others. I really want you to think about all of the things out there right now that are existing just to bring us peace, health, longevity, etc.

There are crazy diets, hot yoga, goat yoga, pure barre, zen, beyond zen, etc. You also have Instagram Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Tik Tok, etc. I promise I am not dissing those things because there are tons of benefits from those. I am just proving a point that we often look to things that we came up with as humans to help us.

Where does our help truly come from?

I lift my eyes to the mountains-
where does my help come from?
MY help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
(Psalm 121:1-2) 

When was the last time you looked up and asked the Lord for help? Actually no...let me ask that again. When was the last time that you looked down at your phone for help? Yes. That seems more realistic!

We probably look to our phones for help 3,4,5,6, or 7 times a day. If not more.

Subconsciously we look to our phones and other things for help. When we don't have anything to do, get bored, or need a break, we took to our phones for help. We rely on other things to fill what we are missing.

I am not just talking about your phone either.

We can look straight ahead, to the left, to the right, and we can ask people for help. We sit at our desks and look at our computers for help.

If I am can be completely honest with you, I believe the last place we look for help is up. It's the most inconvenient for us because we don't an answer right away. If we look anywhere else, we do. I can google any question and get the answer I need...but when I want to know figure out how I can be fulfilled, I have to look up. When I want to figure out how to be a better person, I have to look up. When I want to figure out how to love others better, I have to look up. That is true help. Our true help comes from the Lord.

I challenge you to look up today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, and forever. Looking up allows you to get rid of all distractions because what else is up there that is going to distract you? Nothing!

It's 6:45 in the morning right now and as I keep typing this, I just keep looking up every so often. Yeah, there is a ceiling right above my head, but I feel fulfillment when I look up because like I said there is nothing distracting me. When I look up I envision Jesus up in heaven looking down on me with open and loving arms...telling me that He will help me through all things both now and forever.