“And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.”
John 9:1-12 KJV
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“Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, according to the ...
A God Who Stays Close
Psalm 121 is a psalm of protection, sung by travelers making their way to Jerusalem on a religious pilgrimage. As they journeyed through difficult terrain under the blazing sun, this song reminded them where their true help came from: the Maker of heaven and earth.
In verse 5, the psalmist writes: “The Lord is your shade at your right hand.” For a weary traveler in the Middle East, shade was life-saving. The sun wasn’t just uncomfortable, it could be dangerous. So, shade meant relief, protection, even survival. That’s the kind of watchful care God offers. The Lord is right beside you: “at your right hand.”
His protection is personal and present. He’s not watching over you from a distance; He’s close by—actively guarding you from the elements that would otherwise wear you down, drain you, make you delirious, burn you, or even kill you.
In Psalm 121, we see a God who keeps watch day and night, who never slumbers, who guards our lives in all our coming ...