Monday... We are surrounded, yes, we are.

I am looking out this morning on the sunset side of the mountains that surround our valley. At certain times in the winter they will say the snow is going to come down to 3,000 feet and there will be a ring of snow clear around our valley. It is an impressive sight but no matter when it is the mountains are there as a protection over our valley. I love it.

Over in Psalm 125 the writer writes in verses 1 & 2 (NLT), "Those who trust in the Lord, are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever. Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever."

Las Vegas, where I live is not Jerusalem but it does have people who trust in the Lord who will not be defeated with the evil in our town and who will endure forever because the Lord surrounds his people.

The MESSAGE paraphrases these verses this way, "Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain; Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on. Mountains encircle Jerusalem, and God encircles his people - always has and always will."

And the key is, those who trust in the Lord. If that is you then you will not be defeated, you will endure and you can depend on the Lord. Again, nothing can move those rock-solid mountain and you can depend on that.

So whatever you are going through get a picture of a rock-solid mountains surrounding you. "Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain; Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on" Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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