“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.”
Devotional - Luke Humphrey
Christians are weak people. We acknowledge this before God. We are not the strong ones in the world; we are not the powerful or the rich or the famous. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 1:
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are. (1 Corinthians 1:26–28)
If you’re looking for people who have a CV of strength to show to the world, then don’t look at Christians.
And yet, in Psalm 125 the psalmist describes those who trust in the Lord as mountains which cannot be moved. How is this possible? How can the weak and the foolish and the poor be steadfast and stable as mountains?
The answer doesn’t come by looking at the strength of Christians—it comes by looking at God. Verse 2 shows us who the mountain is: the Lord surrounds his people as the mountains surround Jerusalem. We who trust in the Lord are unshakeable and steadfast because of Him, not us.
Tim Keller points out in The Reason for God that,
“It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.”
That’s what Psalm 125 is all about. You may feel that you are weak and just barely holding onto trusting the Lord. But your steadfastness is not based upon the strength of your faith—your faith is not the mountain. Your steadfastness is based upon God surrounding you and protecting you. So take heart and hold on in hope.
“What does God require in the ninth and tenth commandments?
Ninth, that we do not lie or deceive, but speak the truth in love. Tenth, that we are content, not envying anyone or resenting what God has given them or us.”
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