Psalm 123

Reading for September 1, 2012            Psalm 123

Psalm 123 is a prayer for our journey, as we seek the life in Christ as our way of life. Seeking the Life in Christ as our way of life is a process of becoming, what we already are. The Apostle Paul proclaimed our new life in Christ to the church in Corinth, “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). In this new life, today, we are in a right relationship with our Heavenly Father because, “God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:21). We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!

In this new life, we are living in Christ, between His coming in the flesh as Emmanuel, and His coming again in glory as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. We are learning to crucify our flesh, to unlearn our old way of living and fully embrace our transformation. “And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him” (2 Corinthians 3:18 The Message).

Even though we are new creatures in Christ, we still live in a fallen world that does not worship our God. We still are tempted by the evil one, the enemy of God, to sin. Our mission is to live “so that the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh” (2 Corinthians 4:11 NRSV). In the times when we feel faint, when we are struggling on our way, Psalm 123 can help us pray and stay on the path to scriptural holiness, harmony with God:

“I lift my eyes to you,

    O God, enthroned in heaven.

We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy,

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy,”

Psalm 123: 1-2a, 3a

Sē’lah

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What word or phrase in today’s reading of the Psalms

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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Reading for September 2, 2012            Psalm 124