Saturday, November 23, 2013
Resting And Watching
In the Psalms this morning I found a number of chapters that included in the heading, “Song of Degrees.” In the Hebrew this can also be, “Song of Ascents.” It appears historians think this refers to the travel up the road to Jerusalem or possibly the stairs to the temple. As I read them I saw something additional.
Paul said we each are a temple.
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
And again in the letter to the Romans, Paul said,
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
According to John, we collectively are trying to become the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
As I read these fifteen Psalms, from 120 to 134, I could see these are also us singing about us to God as we become what God wants us to become. God wants us to collectively become the bride of the Lamb, His Son, Yeshua (Jesus). God wants us to be Zion, the place He chooses to dwell forever. Today, on the sabbath, it seems like a good time to praise and worship God with these Psalms, many of which have been made into songs in recent years. Today in our rest, let us draw closer to God.
Psalms 121 A Song of degrees.
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Prayer
Father, we praise You today. Thank You for our rest. Thank You for this day to reflect on You as our Provider King. We lift up Your people to You Lord, and ask that You reach out to them today. We ask that You be strong and mighty on our behalf. Deliver us today from those with sharp tongues, that only want to destroy and enslave Your people. Return Your people from their captivity Father. Make Your people free, raise them from the dust heap, increase their prosperity that all men may know that You alone are God. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.