Scripture Read: Psalm 121, 122
Key Verse: Psalm 121:3-4
“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.”
Observation:
This Psalm is a beautiful expression of remembering God as our helper. It brings a certain intimacy that is revealed in God’s relationship with His people. It is a reminder that our Help comes from the Lord and His will not forget what we are going through.
Application:
Have you ever felt like God has left you? Like you can’t hear His voice and do you wonder if He is even there? I wonder sometimes in those moments if I am asking the right questions. This Psalm states something about God that is crucial to us in the times where we can’t seem to feel Him. The promise is that God will NEVER sleep on what we seek Him for. He keeps us from the things that are outside of His will. Sometimes we feel like He is dormant but I assure because the scripture does that He NEVER does. Instead of getting down on wondering whether or not God is listening, let’s become a people and a church that is excited for the fact that our God is alive and awake to our prayers! Let’s celebrate because of what He WILL do instead of complain about what He hasn’t done yet. My prayer is that we begin to live as a church in anticipation for the works of God over frustration of own desires.
Prayer:
Thank you for never leaving me and for giving me your presence always. Thanks for not falling asleep on me
By Kevin 217staff team
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD!”
Psalm 122:1
Coming together as the church ought to be something we look forward to with joy and anticipation. It’s a family gathering. We are called out from all areas and socio-economical, racial walls are to fall down. We need to pray for the peace and unity of the body of Christ. The church ought to be a place of safety and security providing refuge and comfort for those battered by the storms of life, a safe harbor. The gathering of the called out ought to make us glade and bring a smile to our faces overflowing from the joy in our hearts. It is to be a gathering where we can be honest to ourselves and to others about ourselves, not plastic people. It is not a place of feel good about ourselves fluff, but a hospital where the Great Physician heals and restores us. So we need to open to the loving correction we will receive as well. We can not do it alone, we need to be plugged into our power source. Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from you can do nothing” (John 15:5). And the author of Hebrews says, “Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:24,25). We are the called out. We are called out from death to life. We are called out of our myopic lives to come together across all boundaries. We are called to come together to lift up the name of our God and to spur each other on towards love and good works in a rough world. This is why when I hear we are coming together I am glad.