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Day 24 - Mountain Security

Yesterday I wrote about the precarious nature of life.  One minute your walking this pilgrim journey and the scenery couldn’t be more exhilarating; the next moment something happens that stops you dead in your tracks.  It’s not fun, and the Psalmist made it clear that as he walked there was only one way to keep walking, with our Help being the Lord.

Today the journey continues and the footing is more secure than ever…rock like, not slippery surfaces, but real solid footing.

Psalm 125:1-5
1  Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.
2  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.
3  For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.
4  Do good, O LORD, to those who are good And to those who are upright in their hearts.
5  But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the doers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

Jerusalem was the highest point in Israel.  “A city built on a hill” is the way it’s described.  David founded it as the capitol of the nation a thousand years before Jesus.  When Solomon built the Temple in it, it became the hub for all pilgrimages.  It was “rock solid”.

We still desire safe things.  We use seat belts (or should), smoke detectors, stove mitts, and other assorted things to keep us safe.  Just because we’re believers doesn’t mean we’re immune from accidents.

God is safe.

We trust IN Him.

The LORD surrounds His people.

Empty words, rhetoric?  I believe with all my heart that God has surrounded and kept me from all sorts of harm. And someone says, “But what about me??? I didn’t deserve what happened”.  And I would agree.  

Accidents happen. 

But the Psalmist isn’t saying that nothing can happen.  He’s not denying difficulties, he’s saying….
God is rock soiid.

Here's the main point:  What I FEEL about life circumstances don’t change the FAITH I have in God.

My security is in HIM…the rock solid God.
Your security is in HIM…the rock solid God.

The alternative?  The Pilgrim reminds us that we are free to make the choice to do another way.

4  Do good, O LORD, to those who are good And to those who are upright in their hearts.
5  But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the doers of iniquity.

So many of the questions come from our unwillingness to examine our own ways.  He reminds us to do so frequently.

God’s covenant with us does not change because we fail.  He is Rock solid even when we waver.  We are not secure because we are sure of ourselves, but we are sure of Him.


Peace

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