The Source Of My Life

                              Meditations on Christ in the Psalms

November 2, 2022

The Source Of My Life

 

On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

    the Lord loves the gates of Zion

    more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Glorious things are spoken of you,

    O city of God.     Selah

Psalm 87:1-3 (NRSV)

When you arrive in Israel at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, you are greeted with a huge sign, “Welcome Home.” As I passed underneath the sign, I assumed it was meant for the Jews who were returning to their homeland. Ten days later, as I again passed under that sign, I realized I too had been welcomed home. One of the enduring images from my trip was on the Friday evening we drove into Jerusalem. As our bus topped a hill, the gleaming walls of Old Jerusalem, high on Mount Moriah, came into our view. The stereo on the bus began playing The Holy City Hymn and we all sang, “Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Hark! How the angels sing, Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna to your King!” (The Holy City Hymn. Lyrics: Frederick Weatherly, 1892.   Composer: Michael Maybrick.)

In the Apostles’ Creed, when we affirm our belief in “the holy catholic church,” we are affirming the universal Body of Christ. In Psalm 87, the psalmist was looking into God’s future when all people will live in the presence of God:

“Regarding Jerusalem it will be said,

    “Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there.”

    And the Most High will personally bless this city.

 When the Lord registers the nations, he will say,

    “They have all become citizens of Jerusalem.”

                                                                                                Psalm 87:5-6

My Takeaway: It has been twelve years (this month!) since my visit to Jerusalem, and I still gladly sing with the psalmist,

“The source of my life springs from Jerusalem!”

Psalm 87:7

Sē’lah

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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.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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