This Psalm answers a very practical and important question, how might we
experience true inner peace. Blaise Pascal thought this question so important that he famously said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” We have such a hard time finding quiet, don’t we. Our minds are so noisy.
The Psalmist begins by lifting his eyes. But where the writer of Psalm 121 looks to the hills, the author of our passage sets his gaze higher, to the one enthroned in the heavens. He looks to the one who, as Isaiah says, dwells on a high and holy place, but also with the…
As Mark shared two weeks ago, we’re using these summer months to look at the Psalms of Ascent—the psalms that were sung by the people of God as they pilgrimed from their homes to Jerusalem for the annual feasts. These were psalms that provided hope and encouragement to those who traveled, and it is our…
As many of you know, Mark and I spent the time between Easter Sunday and Ascension Sunday looking at kingdom stories from the book of Acts, and in particular at how the gospel triumphed through the faithful witness of the early church. So today’s sermon is sort of like an origin story. Notes
The Psalms of Ascent are Songs sung on the road trip to Jerusalem. The blessings that Godhad given to the children of Israel would have been on the forefront of the traveller going toJerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles or Passover. Notes
Today marks the beginning of our OT summer series and we’ll be looking at the Psalms of Ascent. Which are a collection of fifteen Psalms in the Psalter (Ps. 120-134). The Hebrew term for “ascent” carries the sense meaning “going up” or “ascending in procession.” Notes
As we continue in our summer series with the Psalms of Ascent, we come to Psalm 130, one of the seven penitential Psalms. As the pilgrims journeyed to Jerusalem for one of the festivals at some point along the journey their thoughts may have centered upon the majesty and holiness of YHWH their God and…
