Meeting in the Meadow, by Roy Lessin

Friday, October 23, 2026

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 124

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 124

-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Our help is in the name of the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth (Psalm 124:8).

We ask God for help for two main reasons:
1. We need help.
2. God is our Helper.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth (Psalm 124:8).

Question: What kind of a Helper is God?
Answer: A very present one!
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble (Psalm 46:1 NKJV).

Question: Why does God help you?
Answer: He is for you!
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:31-31).

Question: What attributes qualify God to help you?
Answer: His power and authority to make heaven and earth!
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth (Psalm 124:8).

Question: How will God’s help impact you personally?
Answer: Joyfully!
Joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God (Psalm 146:5 NLT).

The following true story is a joyful example of how God can help us in our time of need…

My wife and I were one of three missionary couples living in Valle De Bravo, in Southern Mexico. We were all graduates of the same Bible college and were sent by the school to explore the possibility of establishing a new home base for missionary outreach in that part of Mexico.

Because none of us were familiar with Southern Mexico we decided to spend time becoming more familiar with the area. One day the three guys decided to make an overnight exploratory trip to the city of Oaxaca. Our purpose was to see if there was any missionary work being done in the city.

It was a difficult trip through a high mountain range and over a narrow mountain road. We were halfway through the mountains when we heard a loud explosion. Our pickup truck jerked to the right, and we immediately knew we had a tire blowout. The one driving cautiously slowed the truck down and maneuvered it as close as he could to the side of the mountain. After setting the emergency brake, the three of us got out to inspect the damage.

"The tire is completely ruined," said Jerry, the one who was doing the driving. "I cannot repair it, and I have no spare. There's nothing I can do."

We stood there, at peace but completely puzzled. We let down the tailgate of the truck and used it for a bench. Together we prayed, asking God for help. No sooner had we said "Amen” than when an oversized van came around the bend of the road and pulled up behind us.

Out stepped a tall American. He introduced himself and asked if he could be of any help. After we told him our story, he smiled and said, "I think I have an extra tire in the back of my van that is the same size as yours. Let me check." A few moments later he returned, rolling a tire. It was the exact size we needed!

He visited with us while we changed tires. As we talked, we discovered he was a missionary who lived in Oaxaca. He had been in the States for about six weeks and was returning to the city. He invited us to come to his home when we arrived in Oaxaca. This stranger became the perfect contact we needed to fulfill the purpose of our journey in every detail!

Insight: Think about it, when you are asking God for help, you are asking the One who is omniscient and omnipotent. That means He knew about your need for help before you did, and He knew what He was going to do to provide the answer.

Insight: We cannot look to a natural or human source to meet our spiritual needs. As followers of the Lord we don’t need to look to other advisors to come up with better options, we don’t need to look to other leaders to come up with better plans, and we don’t need to look to other counselors to come up with better advice. There is no better source than the Lord!

Insight: What a joy it is for those who know God as their Helper. How sad it is for those who don’t!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 123

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 123
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us (Psalm 123:1-3).

As God’s children, we are not looking for God, we are looking to God as our Father and Provider. He is the One we focus our faith upon, the One we depend upon, and the One we cast our cares upon. As His servants we look to Him to extend His hand of mercy, favor, and grace to us in our time of need.

Mercy is a glorious word that expresses God’s tenderness to us. It is found dozens of times throughout the Psalms. Mercy is an extension of God’s goodness, lovingkindness, and compassion towards us. Mercy is God’s hand reaching down in kindness to lift up the weak, to mend the broken, to restore the depleted, and to refresh the weary.

Many years ago, my wife and I were driving from Arkansas to visit family in Los Angeles. We reached the California border during the early evening of the second day of our trip. I was driving and felt I still had enough energy to make it to our destination.

However, my wife was very road weary and asked if we could stop at the next motel and spend the night. I told her I was okay to drive and wanted to keep going until we got to LA.

A few minutes later she told me again how tired she was and needed to stop. Once again, I told her I was fine and started giving her my list of reasons why I wanted to keep going. Before I could finish, she interrupted me and said, “I don’t need a list of reasons, I just need some mercy. Can you please find a motel.” Her need finally got through to me!
I changed my plans and pulled into the first motel I saw.

This is our comfort, that with the Lord there is mercy and we need desire no more to relieve us, and make us easy, than the mercy of God. Whatever the troubles, God's mercy is a sovereign remedy. -Matthew Henry

Insight: A merciful God is not a hard taskmaster. When we ask Him for mercy, He understands the need and responds with tenderness, kindness and compassion.

Monday, October 19, 2026

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 122

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 122
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.”
Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together,
Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lord,
To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.
Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.”
For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good (Psalm 122:1-9).

Jerusalem is a reminder that what happened to a place can also happen to a person—what was lost can be found, what was ruined can be restored, and what was left desolate can become prosperous and fruitful.

The city of Jerusalem is like no other city. God put His name there, His Temple there, His Son there, and poured out the Holy Spirit there. Jesus shed His blood there, rose from the dead there, ascended to heaven there, and will be returning there when He comes again (Zechariah 14:4). Needless to say, Jerusalem’s future is as bright as the promises of God, and so is your future.

What do you have going for you today as you await the second coming of the Lord?

The promises of the Scriptures

The prayers and fellowship of God's people

The ministry of heaven’s Angels

The intercession of your heavenly High Priest

The grace and peace of God

The blessings of the Lord

The love of the Father

The life of Jesus

The presence and power of the Holy Spirit

Insight: The resurrection and the judgment will demonstrate before all worlds who won and who lost. We can wait." A.W. Tozer

Insight: Jesus is not coming back because someone we know says so. Jesus is coming back because God says so.

Friday, October 16, 2026

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm121

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm121
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

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.
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.
Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore (Psalm 121:1-8).

I found real help when I stopped looking in the wrong places, stopped depending on the wrong things, and stopped leaning on the wrong people. I found my help in the Helper, the Lord God Almighty, and the One who reigns on high and reaches down to lift up the lowly.

He not only gives help, He is the help! The reasons to trust Him as my true Helper are endless—after all He is the One who formed, shaped, and brought me into being...He created everything that exists beneath my feet, above my head, and all around me. The Maker of it all is the Helper in it all. He is The Helper at sunrise, through the day, at sunset, and during the night. I can live and thrive with help like that!

My Helper, God, is a “won't-allower”! He won't allow my foot to be moved. That doesn't mean I am frozen in place...rather, it means I can totally trust Him not to lead me to places that have slippery slopes or instruct me to build my life upon shaky foundations.

My Helper, God, is also a “won't-sleeper”! He does not nap and doesn't go to bed early...He is a 24/7 Helper...no one else can be that kind of helper...not even close!

My Helper, God, also puts around me a hedge with super hybrid thorns that causes any would-be intruder to be totally miserable, leaving them fully regretting their attempt to enter a "no trespassing zone."

No one is going to be able to sneak up on my Helper in the shadows of day, or in the darkness of night. And when I'm walking in the bright sun I won't need an umbrella to shade me...my Helper will provide me with all the shade I need by simply placing His hand above my head. At night, when the light of the moon is dim, I still have all the light I need to take the next step safely.

My Helper, God, is my Watchman. He is my preserver because He is my observer...He knows everything about me and everything that is going on around me. Nothing gets past Him, or sneaks around Him to get to me.

What is even more wonderful is that He is my traveling companion. When I travel from home I don't leave my Helper behind, in fact, He blazes the trail before me and gets me to my appointed destination. When it's time to return home, He is my personal escort, and the first greeter to welcome me home.

Insight: Psalm 121 is perfect for personalization. As you read through it, read in your name wherever you find a pronoun.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 120

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 120
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war (Psalm 120:7).

The atmosphere of heaven is peace. God is the God of peace, Jesus is the Prince of Peace, the Holy Spirit is the Presence of Peace. Peace is an amazing reality that can rule our lives. What a blessing it is to be set free from the enemies’ camp of turmoil confusion, chaos, disorder, contention and strife.

The contrast between the friends and enemies of peace couldn’t be more clearly presented than the following two Scriptures:

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked” (Isaiah 48:22).

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV).

"The peace of God"... This is so great a blessing, so real a blessing, so precious a blessing, that it must be known experimentally to be entered into, for it passes all understanding. No anxiety ought to be found in the believer. Great, many, and varied may be our trials, our afflictions, our difficulties-and yet there should be no anxiety under any circumstances, because we have a Father in heaven who is almighty, who loves His children as He loves His only begotten Son, and whose very joy and delight it is to succor and help them at all times and under all circumstances.”-George Muller

Prayer of Peace

Lord Jesus, I thank You that You are the Prince of Peace and that You have promised to give me Your peace. I receive Your peace, the peace that passes all understanding, the peace that assures me of Your presence, the peace that confirms Your love, the peace that guards my every thought and each emotion.

Thank You, that You have come, not to trouble me, but to give me Your rest; not to confuse me, but to give me clarity; not to bind me, but to free me; not to stress me, but to quiet me. Thank You for a peace that endures the trial, overcomes the battle, conquers the foe, and keeps me steady through the storm.

Thank You, Lord, for complete peace, for perfect peace, for a peace that keeps my heart from being troubled. Come now and fill me with Your peace. Thank You for the perfect peace that comes when I put my trust in You. Let it wash over me and flood my innermost being. Show me the ways of peace, keep me in the paths of peace, guide me in the decisions that lead to peace. Jesus, be my peace today.

Insight: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7 NKJV).