Today is our first day in Psalm 121. This is probably a very familiar psalm to you. One of my daughters memorized this Psalm in either Sunday School or Girls Club, so this will be an easier one for me as I have some of it in my head simply from helping and hearing her memorize it. A great reminder to memorize these portions verbally, out loud, and those around us will memorize without even trying to!
Psalm 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the hills — where does my help come from?
One thing interesting to keep in mind about this verse is that at the time David wrote this, altars to false gods were built on the hills. David was looking at this display of misled devotion and misplaced guidance and recognizing that his hope was not in these false man-made gods, but in the Almighty God, the Maker of heaven and earth.
This is a short verse, it likely only takes you about 5 seconds to say it once. You could probably say this verse 10 times in 1 minute. We easily have 1 minute in our day where we can redeem mindless time with the joy of meditating on and memorizing scripture!
Prop your spiral notebook (or iPhone, or whatever you're using!) on your bathroom counter and read it over and over while brushing your teeth or blow drying your hair.
Bring it in the kitchen and review while making school lunches or fixing breakfast or cleaning up the dishes.
By now you'll have it memorized I'm sure. Continue to review it throughout the day - while driving or running errands. Take a couple of minutes to review before turning on the radio.
Review the verse again before going to bed. What could be better than going to sleep at night with the Word of God running through your mind?
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