insecurity

It is so easy to rely on our strength. Such a thin line between wielding His gifts to us and wielding our talents by ourselves. The latter is surely a slippery slope. Then when our own strength fails, there is only One to turn to — for how unsettling, how uneasy, how unfaithful it is to trust in man for approval!

Here's a wonderful reminder in psalm, from David to God — but God to us. One-to-one.

A song of ascents. 

I lift up my eyes to the mountains— 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; 
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 
The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 
the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 
The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; 
the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

Psalm 121