Mount Zion

 Psalms 125; Matthew 26-27 

“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.”

Psalm 125:1, 2

This Psalm of ascent would have been recited as the Israelites walked up to the highest point in the land on their annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem for the feasts. Mount Zion is surrounded by hills which provide natural defenses with steep approaches on three sides. The writer of Hebrews wrote that we ‘have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God…the church of the firstborn….’ (Hebrews 12:22, 23). Mount Zion is now the kingdom of God, which cannot be shaken. However, is this kingdom our home, or just a place we visit?

The many attacks against Mount Zion tested her defenses, her resources, and the faith of her people. We, too, are faced with challenges every day regarding where we will put our confidence and our trust. 

Will we live in God’s presence and fully trust him with our family, our resources, and our future?

Will we invest all we are and have in his kingdom inheritance?

“Lord God, in your presence and protection is my trust and I, too, will not be shaken…for your glory.”