Are We Confident that God Surrounds Us?

Oh, how important it is to be under the shadow of God’s wings, hidden under His protective care.   “O God, how extravagant is your cherishing love! All mankind can find a hiding place under the shadow of your wings.”  (Psalm 36: 7) 

It’s all about a hiding place, isn’t it?  There is a place in God where we cannot be moved.  There’s a trust that comes and makes us strong.  

“Those who trust in and rely on the Lord (with confident expectation) are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.”  (Psalm 125: 1)  

So let’s learn what this means.  

The answer would be no! 

Mount Zion is the hill that Jerusalem was established on.  

Mount Zion is secure, one commentary said this, “Our place in His love, His new life, and His gracious purpose lasts forever and cannot be moved.”  

Here are some comparisons to help us determine where we are on the trust scale:  

• Are we uncertain and inconsistent like the winds?  Are we “Blown here and there by every wind of teaching?:  (Ephesians 4: 13)  
• Are we restless and unsettled like the waves of the ocean?  Are we like the “The tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud?”  (Isaiah 57: 18)  
• Are we like the sand that’s ever-shifting and unstable?  If we can’t put God’s words into practice we become, “Like a foolish man who built His house on sand.”  (Matthew 7: 26)  

Knowing this truth should bump up our confidence and trust level.  Here’s where I get this promise from:  

“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people both now and forevermore.”  (Psalm 125: 2)  

Mount Zion is not the highest peak in mountain ranges around Jerusalem.  The other ones are higher than Mount Zion, but the other mountains surround it.  

Here’s what I learned, “The mountains around the Holy City, though they do not make a circular wall, are, ramparts and bulwarks, (defensive walls), making their city to be a prison; but yet He so orders the arrangements of His providence that His saints are as safe as if they dwell behind the strongest fortifications.” (Spurgeon)  

Only our God can be a strong tower, that is upright and vertical and becomes a surrounding barrier.  

Here is why:  “You are my hiding place, you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.”   (Psalm 32: 7)

Stay hidden in His presence. 

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Mary Beth Pecora, a faithful wife, mother, grandmother, friend, worshiper and servant leader, who loves life and loves people. More importantly, she passionately loves God and the fullness of who He is! For twenty-three years she has served in leadership positions within the ministry of Aglow International. Currently, she and her husband serve at The Secret Place--A Psalm 91 Ministry. It's a place for individual folks to come, be exhorted and prayed for, while being ushered to ministry stations within the room. They continue to serve monthly in the Prayer Room at their home church that they have been a part of for almost forty years. In April of 2022 they both received their Ministry License and were Ordained in May of 2023. She delights in encouraging folks of all ages within various walks of life. Her love of writing is now her passion, which led her to publish two books, "Restoration Explosion In The New Year," and "Navigating The Mysteries Of God." Above all that’s been accomplished and concluded, the BEST thing to her is knowing her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is her everything—her very best friend. Visit: Mybelovedsvoice.com

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