Psalm
123
A
song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
1 I lift my eyes to you,
O God, enthroned in heaven.
2 We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.
Psalm 123
The Bible never wastes a pen stroke in revealing evidence of His creative hand! From the beginning He is the assumed Creator, not just a local man made God. Skeptics continually try placing God as simply a national god, in a temple, and leave him there. But he is enthroned in heaven. However in His great wonder, He has chosen a small piece of land and a people to be called after His name to be a message of light to the world. The Jewish Nation.
O God, enthroned in heaven.
2 We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,
for we have had our fill of contempt.
4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud
and the contempt of the arrogant.
Psalm 123
The Bible never wastes a pen stroke in revealing evidence of His creative hand! From the beginning He is the assumed Creator, not just a local man made God. Skeptics continually try placing God as simply a national god, in a temple, and leave him there. But he is enthroned in heaven. However in His great wonder, He has chosen a small piece of land and a people to be called after His name to be a message of light to the world. The Jewish Nation.
Israel
was always meant to be a beacon of hope to the dyeing world, a message of
salvation to those lost in sin. We worship the Messiah was promised to be the
ruler in Israel in the line of King David. Losing our Jewish heritage would be
a dangerous mistake. Forgetting from where we came from, and God’s plan for His
people, would be to lose sight of His plan and will all together. He is our
King, and we are His servants just as the Psalmist has written.
Our lifelong duty
should be to serve our Lord the King with all willingness and obedience. To
live with integrity, have lives honoring Him in all things. Just as the servant
watches his master, just as the worker keeps on eye on what the boss wants, so
must we as believers be watching for our Lord. Through prayer we are enlisted
in the daily work of the Lord. Through faithful obedience to His commands we
will see His desires not just for Israel, but also for us as messengers of
light to the world.
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