*Background*
Psalms of Ascent
- Israel Headed to Jerusalem 3 times a year
- Jerusalem was built on a mountain – elevated
- Festivals (Passover, Tabernacles, Pentacoast)
- This was their playlist on the journey!
Exodus 16:1-3 (ESV)
16 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Psalm 124 (NLT)
1 What if the Lord had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:
2 What if the Lord had not been on our side
when people attacked us?
3 They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.
4 The waters would have engulfed us;
a torrent would have overwhelmed us.
5 Yes, the raging waters of their fury
would have overwhelmed our very lives.
6 Praise the Lord,
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!
8 Our help is from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
PRAISE THE LORD
Psalm 124:6 (NLT)
6 Praise the Lord,
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!
WE ARE FREE
Psalm 124:7 (NLT)
7 We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
The trap is broken, and we are free!
OUR HELP IS FROM THE LORD
Psalm 124:8 (NLT)
8 Our help is from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
What did the Lord speak to you today?
Next Sunday is Father’s Day! Invite your dad – it’s going to be an incredible day.