Saturday 10 January 2015

PSALM 121 Assurance in the Spirit

Exodus 19: 3-4
Israel encamped before the mountain
while Moses went up to God.

Exodus 34:4-5
4 Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first
And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai.
5.the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him.

Moses definitely went up the mountain where he had a personal
encounter with The Lord Our God.

Psalm 121:1-2 in metre
I to the hills will lift mine eyes
from whence doth come mine aid.
My safety cometh from the Lord
who heaven and earth hath made.

Psalm 123:1  ESV
To you I lift my eyes
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 121:5 NRSV
The LORD is your guardian
your protector at your right hand.

The psalmist knows that the Lord our God,
enthroned in heaven,
is God-With-Us at our right hand.

To lift up the eyes
frequently means;- to direct and make known
our desires to God in prayer.

Matthew 17:1-2
Jesus took Peter,  James, and John and 
led them up on a high mountain by themselves
and He was transfigured  before them.
His face shone like the sun and his clothes
became as white as the light.

Mark 6:46 ESV
And after he had taken leave of them
he ( Jesus ) went up on the mountain to pray.

We might well lift our eyes to the hills
with the psalmist.
When I go up the mountain with Jesus,
to pray,
my help cometh from the LORD
who heaven and earth hath made.

The believer who has the faith to proclaim and sing
this psalm in Spirit and truth may bring comfort and
assurance to those who hear it in times of trouble.

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