Psalm 123 is another of the "Songs of Ascents" that were sung as the people of God made their way to the Temple. Through these Psalms, which were also songs, they recounted what God HAD done, and called on Him to do so again! This COULD be OUR cry as the Church of Jesus Christ!
1 Unto You do I lift up my eyes, O You Who are enthroned in heaven. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy and loving-kindness for us. 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on and loving-kindness for us, for we are exceedingly satiated with contempt. 4 Our life is exceedingly filled with the scorning and scoffing of those who are at ease and with the contempt of the proud (irresponsible tyrants who disregard God’s law).
There has NEVER, in the history of this God founded nation, been the level of contempt for all things Christian AND patriotic, that we are seeing right now! What do we do? Well, we saw THIS in the Psalms two days ago in Psalm 121:2-3:
2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber.
And THIS a few weeks ago! Psalm 105:4:
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.
1 Chronicles 16:11 says this:
11 Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually!
So, yes, this is a very different world and nation than the one that most of us grew up in, BUT, it is STILL the nation that the Lord our God gave to us in order to have the freedom to share the Gospel with the world. We HAVE done so very well for years and NOW, the Gospel is again being spread right here! We have the Church in many nations praying for US! Don't lose heart or hope! Stick with 2 Chronicles 7:14, confessing the sins of our nation and repenting for our nation. EXPECT the God of the Bible to answer that prayer and to restore HIS people and revive HIS people so that we are ready for the soon return of our LORD Jesus FOR the Church! We have a vital job to do until He gets here, so let's be about it JOYFULLY every day! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with a song that should pump you up to be energetic for the things of God in the face of what the enemy is TRYING to do! It's called "ENERGY"!
Shalom in Him!
