Psalm 125
Pray with Security!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, August 28.
The high ground of any region is a prominent place because it gives you a defensible location. Mount Zion, which was previously called Mount Moriah in Genesis 22 and 2 Chronicles 3, is a strategic location because of its elevation. For this reason, the fortified city of Jerusalem was built there to take advantage of its commanding position over the region, with the temple mount at this highest place to symbolize its proximity to Heaven on Earth. This high ground is significant in the prophecies of God’s people, and in the poetry of the psalms, especially in these Songs of Ascents, as the pilgrims ascended the elevation gain to enter Jerusalem for the pilgrimage feasts. Poetically, the psalmist writes of its importance in Psalm 125:1-2, “Those who trust in the Lord are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.”
The psalmist was taking the everyday geographical imagery, which God’s people were familiar with, to make an eternal theological point: God is immovable and unshakeable! He is our high ground – our secure place in which we can build our lives and find peace, living under His protection. In the same way Zion will abide forever, so will the promises of Zion’s King, the Messiah, who will establish His throne in Zion, from which He will renew all creation and usher in the Kingdom of God on Earth, bringing all things under His sovereign rule (Psalm 47:8; Ezekiel 43:7; Revelation 21-22). Are you building your life on the high ground of God’s promises through His Son Jesus Christ?
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 125, meditating upon the security and stability of God’s promises – “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1). Put your trust in Jesus today!
God bless you!
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