June 15, 2018 - - Psalm 125:1-2 Rock solid security

Those who trust in GOD

are like Zion Mountain:

Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain

you can always depend on.

Mountains encircle Jerusalem,

and God encircles his people—

always has and always will.

Psalm 125:1-2 MSG

"We wander like lost sheep, true, but God is a faithful shepherd who pursues us relentlessly. We have our ups and downs, zealously believing one day and gloomily doubting the next, but he is faithful. We break our promises, but he doesn't break his. Discipleship is not a contract in which if we break our part of the agreement he is free to break his; it is a covenant in which he establishes the conditions and guarantees the results...

"All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us. The opening phrase of the psalm is 'those who trust in God'--not those who trust in their performance, in their morals, in their righteousness, in their health, in their pastor, in their doctor, in their president, in their economy, in their nation--'those who trust in GOD.' Those who decide that God is for us and will make us whole eternally."

E. Peterson "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction" p 89

Who is like You, Sovereign GOD, faithful and steadfast?! Blessed is Your Name! Great is the sure salvation which is ours in Jesus Christ. Mighty is Your Spirit planted deep within our hearts who keeps us under the spout where the grace of God pours out everyday, in every way. Amen.