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Tuesday... What kind of expectation do we have for today?


Psalm 125:1-2 (AMP), "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever"

Tuesday... What kind of expectation do we have for today?

Now each of us comes from a different place as we face today. We are each individuals, none of us are the same so our expectation of today is different. But there are some pictures that can give us some commonality.

The people of Israel for the most part would go to the city of Jerusalem for different kinds of celebration so on their way they had some Psalms that were written to prepare them for what was coming and they are also great Psalms of preparation for us in what we will be facing and Psalm 125 is one of those Psalms of Ascents.

Psalm 125 starts by saying in verse 1 (AMP), "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever." And that is a great place for us to start today.


Of course these people coming to Jerusalem were individuals who came from different places but if they had been to Jerusalem they could bring up in their mind Mount Zion. Now I have been to Zion National Park in Utah but I have never seen Mount Zion but I have seen many mountains so I know what the Psalmist is taking about.

Have you ever seen Pikes Peak in Colorado? Well it is huge and there is no way that anyone could move Pikes Peak and it will remain forever unless God wants to do something with it. He made it and he can move it so that is a great picture for me to see what God can do.

Now verses 1-2 says, "Those who trust and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever."

If we trust and rely on the Lord with confident expectation then we are like Mount Zion or Pikes Peak or Mt Everest or whatever great mountain that comes to your mind which cannot be moved by outside forces. Yes, trust, relying with confident expectation has great power if we are connected to the Lord and realizing that he has us surrounded.

So what kind of expectation do we have for today? It all depends on if we trust and rely on the Lord with confident expectation. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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