Part 1: The Lord is Your
Keeper
Today,
Pastor Jordan Unfired launches the
new teaching series as our Pastor is away on Sabbatical. Three times a year,
Israelites from all over Israel journeyed to Jerusalem to observe the so-called
pilgrimage feasts: Passover in the spring, Pentecost in early summer, and
Tabernacles in the fall. At these feasts, all Israel gathered to worship the
Lord together as his united people. Worshippers traveled together in groups for
safety. As they drew near to Jerusalem, they sang songs together in
anticipation of the celebration that was to take place. This collection of
songs, known as the Songs of Ascent, we know as Psalms 120-134.
Today, we will
look at Psalm 121, a psalm about the journey itself. In it, the traveler looks
to the Lord for safety and protection as he makes his way to Jerusalem. As the
psalm develops, the journey to Jerusalem becomes
a metaphor for the journey of life. From this psalm, we learn to look to the
Lord as our only source of help.
I lift up my eyes to
the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from
the LORD, who made heaven and
earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who
keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps
Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your
right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from
all evil; he will keep your life. The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalm 121:1-8
We will
never find ourselves in a place
that God
is not there.
We will
never find ourselves in a time
that God
cannot hear.
We will never find ourselves in a fog
that God cannot clear.
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