Song of Ascents - Psalm 121, Verse 3

I will never stop delighting in Thee, Sovereign Lord for from Thee flows great grace. Your word assures me, "The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous." If only we could reflect on the greatness of this privilege where the eyes of the Most High is always watching over us and how it is tied to 'the righteous', we would, like Yeshua, be sleeping at the back of the boat no matter how great the storm. I've said this before and I'll say it again and again that the One who is by my side is unlike any other—immortal, invisible, only wise God. He is Yahweh, the eternal One; the Almighty One; the All-knowing One; the perfect One and the faithful One. For the sake of space on this post, I will not go on about Thy glorious attributes, Adonai. Yet in a phrase, You are 'beyond description'.

I pray that Your children will not selectively choose verses from Your word that makes them 'feel happy'—holding to promises to keep us from falling (for You do not slumber); without realizing that You also expect submission to Your commands and obedience to Your will. May we recognize that those who abide in Thee in trust and obedience will never be disappointed.

Song of Ascents comprises of a collection of 15 psalms from Psalm 120 to 134. While there are a number of suggestions as to what the phrase, “Song of Ascents” could mean, one thought is that these psalms were sung by Israel as they went up to Jerusalem to celebrate the three annual feasts that the Lord had commanded (Lev. 23; Ex. 23:14).

We have just concluded the Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15^th day of the first month of the Biblical calendar (or on the evening of March 30, 2018). During this seven day feast, Israel went up to Jerusalem singing these Songs of Ascent. We have completed 10 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16).

My purpose of posting a verse from these psalms each day (during these days between the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) which in Greek is called Pentecost) is so that we too—if you are a son (or daughter) of Israel, even though you once may have been a Gentile but now through the great grace shown to us by the Father and through the blood of the Messiah Yeshua—can pilgrim into the presence of the Most High God (for we are the temple of God and the Holy Spirit dwells in us) singing these psalms to Him who sits on the throne (in heaven and in our hearts).

Join with me then O son of Israel and let us exalt the name of our God together as we pilgrim on His appointed feast days just as He commanded.