The attributes of God . . . talk about your high and lofty subject matter. Omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, . . . Eternal, Immutable, Impartial . . . Holy, Righteous, Faithful . . . God is Sovereign, God is Just, God is Love. And the list goes on. This morning, as I read Psalm 121, another lesser noted or discussed attribute popped off the page . . . He doesn’t snooze!

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills–From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.” (Psalm 121:1-3)

Talk about your “picker-upper!” Psalm 121, it occurs to me, is 8 verses of solid “Promises of God to Claim” . . . pull out the orange colored pencil and start shading. Where does my help come from? It comes from the Lord, promise. He will not allow your foot to be moved, promise. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade, promise. The Lord shall preserve you . . . preserve your soul . . . preserve your going out and your coming in . . . promise. Whose my Helper? God’s my Helper. Who keeps me and preserves me? God keeps me and preserves me. What comfort . . . what encouragement . . . what fuel for the inner man . . . this is why we can “keep on keepin’ on!”

And, as great as this Psalm of promise is, the blessing for me this morning . . . the insight that warms me from the inside out . . . the observation that starts the wheel of meditation, is the fact that one of God’s attributes is that He does not slumber.

God does not grow weary . . . He doesn’t become drowsy . . . He doesn’t lose attention. He has promised His protective presence and that presence is active and attentive 24/7. No snoozin’ at the wheel with God . . . no “oops, missed that” moments. I am assured that the God who knows my frame and directs my paths is always engaged in this walk He has called me to. I might lose sight of this truth from time to time, but it doesn’t change the truth. There are times when God seems distant, but it isn’t because He’s forgotten about me or lost interest in me . . . in fact, it’s undoubtedly a case of me having become distracted . . . of me not drawing close to the Lord through His Word, His people, and His Spirit within me . . . of me not availing myself of the presence of God . . . of me snoozin’ at the wheel. But God? . . . He doesn’t slumber. That’s one of His attributes, I think, slumber-less.

As one songwriter has penned, “And He knows where I am every hour of every day. He knows each thought I think, He knows each word that I might say.
And although there’ve been times I’ve been out of His will, I’ve never been out of His care.”

Oh, the reminder that I am under the care of an all-powerful, ever-present, all-knowing God. To reflect that He who is Eternal, Unchanging, and without partiality has, in His infinite grace, drawn me into relationship with Himself. To consider that He who is Holy, Righteous, and Faithful has promised never to leave me nor forsake me. To worship at the feet of the One who is Sovereign, Who is Just, and Who is, in Himself, love. To remember, He doesn’t snooze!

I’m gonna add that one to the list. Amen?

(Enjoy “I’ve Never Been Out of His Care” by Dallas Holm by clicking here).