O God, our help in ages past

What a blessing to be assured of God's help in trying times!

This song came to mind after my quiet time. Meditating on Psalm 24. Verse 1 confirming who is in charger of this world. Verse 8 described this King of Glory as STRONG; MIGHTY; INVISIBLE IN BATTLE. Then the words of this song began to minister to me. Truly we are NOT ALONE.

The Lord brought this dear hymn to my mind and heart at the beginning of the Pandemic. I have put verses of it on our kitchen chalkboard and we have sung it as a family as a reminder that we are held fast in the storm. Jesus is the anchor of our souls and by the work of the Holy Spirit, we will choose faith over fear as God numbers our days and holds the purposes for our lives here and for all eternity.

May God use this crisis to turn this world to Him. Our greatest need and help is Jesus.

Theclyrics of this song came to my mind this morning. It was reassuring to have confidence in God in this trying time of Corona pandemic. God is indeed our help

Praise God for these great hymns. This ancient hymn came to my mind this morning as I was praying. Yes, in these times of fear all over the world with the Coronavirus, God alone is our help as He has been in ages past, to Abraham, Moses, Daniel and a host of saints gone before us. We dwell in His shadow - the safest place on earth. Praise be to His holy name.

In a time like this in Nigeria and the entire world , only God is our Hope. We do not trust on the government, the expertise or the skills of men because the arms of flesh must fail. God, thou has been our Help in Ages Past and our Hope for tomorrow, see us through this time, save us from the plague and pestilence of today. You have been our Secret Place, our Shelter and Shield from the storm, we have no other place to run to, help us and save us,

All these I ask in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen!

In times like these when the whole world is being ravashed by this deadly Covid-19, it is ONLY GOD that is our HELP, our Fortress, our Refuge, our Buckler, and our Strong Tower. We run into this Tower and we are SAFE.

Surely, this hymn is actually a song for now and I believe in God, our refuge even in time like this our hope is secured.

The Lord will be our help as a people a nation and his own in this trying time. O God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

Lord you have been our help in ages past and you are hope for now and years to come Amen!

This hymn, considered to be one of the greatest in English hymnody, is a paraphrase of Psalm 90, a psalm of Moses. It is more than a metrical version of this Psalm; its is a commentary on the whole subject of time, which is the theme of this Psalm. Originally the hymn had nine stanzas but today it has been shortened to stanzas one, two, three, five and nine. In 1738 John Wesley in his hymnal

“Psalms and Hymns, changed the first line of the text from “Our God” to “O God. ” the hymn was originally part of “The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, ” published by Isaac Watts in 1719. In this book he paraphrased in Christian verse the whole book of Psalms except for twelve Psalms which he felt unsuited for hymn usage. This hymn ranks as one of the finest of over 600 hymns Watts wrote during his lifetime.