Read: Psalm 121

The Lord shall preserve
your going out and your
coming in.
-Psalm 121.8

Psalm 121 was a favorite of my father. Scottish people called it
"The Traveler’s Psalm." Whenever a family member, a guest, or
a friend was leaving on a journey, this psalm was read – or more often
sung – at family prayers. When my father left the "old
country" as a teenager to sail alone to the United States, he was
bidden farewell with this psalm.

Over the years, my father enjoyed many hearty days but endured
others that were dark and grim. In World War I, he carried this psalm’s
words with him into battle, and then out of it as he lay in a hospital
for almost a year recovering from shrapnel wounds.

In verse 1, the psalmist looked beyond the hills to the God who made
them. My father lived in the toughest section of New York City.
Although he seldom saw hills, he held to the assurance that the God of
the hills was also the God of the dangerous city streets.

In his 87 years, my father experienced many "goings out"
and "comings in." And when he went out for the last time, I
believe he was singing psalm 121 as he descended into the valley and
traveled home to the other side.

How reassuring that the God of the hills and the streets goes with
every believer in Christ! -Haddon W. Robinson

He will ever keep thy soul,
What would harm He will control,
In the home and by the way,
He will keep thee day by day. -Psalter

KEEP YOUR EYES ON GOD;
HE NEVER TAKES HIS EYES OFF YOU.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1998 by Radio Bible Class, Grand
Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.