- If you’re on a God-directed path, your journey is a good’un. That’s the underlying theme of this Psalm of pilgrimage.
125 reminds us to fix our hearts, our minds and our hope on that which is eternally reliable. Not the material, not the fleeting, but on hope that does not disappoint.
As the Israelites ascended Zion for the Temple en masse, they reminded each other: we do best to trust in that which is steadfast, rock-steady and eternal. That’s our God. The City of Jerusalem becomes a powerful metaphor for the faithfulness of God. And the Israelites proclaim ‘He surrounds us…and, just like these mountains, He hems us in’.
For a people prone to wander, like them and like us, we need reminders of the everywhere-love, the surrounding love of God expressed to us in Jesus. To keep our eyes on the author, perfecter and finisher of faith.
What are you trusting for your hope? What’s defining you?
Will it disappoint? Jesus won’t. Can it disappoint? Jesus won’t.
Is it trustworthy? Jesus is. Is it eternal? Jesus is.
Can it bring the lasting hope and identity that your soul craves? Jesus can.
When all else fails, will that which you’ve places your trust in, stand? Jesus will.
His love never fails or abandons us.
‘Come all who are weary and heavy laden’, Jesus says, ‘and I will give you rest’. ‘Submit yourself to me, walk with me and work with me and you’ll learn to walk freely and lightly’.