The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Does loving God help us obey Him or does obeying God help us love

The entire Psalm is worthy of publication. And thanks for making mention of it!

Psalms 121:1-8 (KJV) 1 {A Song of ascents.} I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

Now, what true believer would not respond in humble servitude and obedience to such a great God as this? What joy and assurance could be measured which a true believer could glean from knowing that his God preserves him as he strives to persevere? A true believer's love for God and desire to conform himself to the will of God as found in Holy Writ is "helped" by the self-revelation of God applied to his heart.