Psalm 125 - 7.16.26

S - Psalm 125:1-2

“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion which cannot be shaken but endures forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.”

O - Sometimes I can fall into the belief that my trust in the Lord, the faith that I choose to put in trusting Him when it is hard to, is not doing much if I look around and that situation I am CHOOSING to trust in doesn't look much different. Ever been there?

I love when scripture gives us a visual, like this one in these first few verses of Psalm 125: those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion.

For context, Mount Zion was the highest point in Ancient Jerusalem. So I can imagine this visual for those who had seen this mountain, was one of vastness and incomprehensible greatness in sight. When I stand at the bottom of a mountain, I often look up and feel so small. The vastness of mountains often gives me perspective as to how physically small we are in this world, but simultaneously stirs up this strength in me and I sit in awe and wonder in how big the mountain’s creator is. When I think of this passage and its connotation to our lives, I see it as a perspective shift in the moments we fall into discouragement towards the choice to trust in the Lord. I am here to say, your trust in God is bigger than you may believe. I do not say this because I made this truth up to make all of us feel better in a time of discouragement, but this is the word of God and truth of God. Your trust in God is not something miniscule, but it is ultimately big.

Though it may feel small in the moment or when you feel discouraged that what you see is not changing, the word of God says that your choice to trust in God is comparable to Mount Zion. Tall and vast, strong and mighty, and your trust in God is what will be your ultimate protection, your ultimate provision, and your steadfastness that keeps you from being shaken by the wind that comes and storms that pass.

I believe someone reading this needs to be encouraged in that your choice to trust is doing bigger things for you than you may see or you may believe. Continue to choose to trust.

A - Write down the areas you are choosing to trust in God right now, especially the areas that feel harder to trust in Him. Choose to intentionally shift your perspective to that of the Psalmist . . . declare over your trust, this is bigger than I may see.

P - Lord, thank you for bringing strength in my trust in you. No matter how big or small, choosing to trust in you is greater than my eye can see. Bless me with perspective that will help me continue on in choosing to trust you when it doesn't make sense. I love you Lord, thank you for loving me first and having my good at the front of your mind. Amen.

- Tess Schrupp