Sandyknowes Blog

Psalm 124 - Lke a bird

1 August 2020

Today we come to the next of our ‘Song of Ascents’, and this is another one written by David. This psalm pictures the people making their way to Jerusalem, and yet as they do they are very aware that this was a journey they might never have made. There’s an old fashioned phrase (that I associate with my Granny’s generation) where people used to talk about ‘being spared’. It’s the idea of having been given life, and receiving life and each day as a gift from God.

31 July 2020

Read: Psalm 123 vs 1-4

There are different words that the Bible uses to describe someone who believes in God and is seeking to live in obedience to Him. The Old Testament talks about a ‘people’ living in a ‘covenant’ relationship with Him, people responding in ‘faith’, ‘walking in the light’, citizens in His ‘Kingdom’. In the New Testament followers of Jesus as described as ‘Christians’, ‘followers of the way’, and disciples.

30 July 2020

Read: Psalm 122 vs 1-9

29 July 2020

Read: Psalm 121 vs 1-8

As we saw yesterday Psalms 120-134 were sung by pilgrims making their way each year up to the city of Jerusalem, a place where they would gather for worship. It’s not hard to imagine Psalm 121 being sung in this context. As travellers approached Jerusalem, they would see the mountains that surround the city, mountains which can be seen to this day.

28 July 2020

Read: Psalm 120 vs 1-7

Psalm 124 - Lke a bird

Psalm 123 - My eyes

Psalm 122 - May there be peace

Psalm 121 - I lift up my eyes

Psalm 120 - Too long

Pages