Song of Ascents - Psalm 124, Verse 6

There truly is great comfort in knowing that when we are awake, You are with us; and when we lie down to sleep, You are still with us. This comfort is not for a brief period but for as long as I live, provided of course that I choose to abide in You and make You my hiding place at all times. What joy to know that though in this world we will have troubles, we need not be afraid because You, who is on our side, has overcome the world. Help me Adonai to always abide in You. Living in complete trust in Thee and total obedience to all Your commands is the only way for me to live in You. Please keep me from choosing otherwise.

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 concluded the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15th 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. 

From the day of First-fruits, which was the day our Lord rose from the dead, we have now completed 34 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16), the next feast day of the Lord. This counting is also a good reminder of the fact that after our Lord Yeshua rose again, He revealed Himself to His disciples and to many others for 40 days. This means that even as we have counted 34 days to Shavuot, our risen Lord showed Himself with convincing evidence on each of these days—walking with them and eating with them—to help them understand that He truly is alive. Ten days after His ascension, on Shavuot, the Holy Spirit was poured out from heaven and filled men and women, clothing them with power from on high. 

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.

Song of Ascents - Psalm 124, Verse 5

Yes! Were it not for You dear Father, truly the tempest of life—with all its cares and worries; all the pain the comes from the pursuit of riches; and all the anxieties and fears that overtakes us when we live with the mind of this world—all these things would have come upon us like raging waters, sweeping over our souls. We just need to look around and we see that the whole purpose of "life" the way You desired for us to enjoy it is lost upon men of this earth. They have made their existence into some kind of competition, a rat-race of sorts. They know within them that their lives are but the duration of a breath and are fully conscious that they will leave with nothing from this earth but yet are so consumed with the mindset of this world that they are oblivious and sometimes helpless as they watch themselves swept away with the current of the tide. But You have commanded us saying, "Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moth and rust does not destroy and thieves do not break in and steal." You said, "Seek first the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness and all that we need shall be added to us." 

Thank You for the Father care and Godly wisdom that You have so mercifully granted those who hearken to Your voice. Thank You that because You are on our side we have no lack and no fear. Thank You for preserving us from being swept away by the torrent of foolishness. I bow my knees before Thee in gratitude. 

As for all of us Your children, may we sincerely long for and surrender to Your perfect will to be accomplished in us, because it truly is the best. Also may we have the courage to trust You completely knowing that You never fail.

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 concluded the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15th 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. 

From the day of First-fruits, which was the day our Lord rose from the dead, we have now completed 33 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16), the next feast day of the Lord. This counting is also a good reminder of the fact that after our Lord Yeshua rose again, He revealed Himself to His disciples and to many others for 40 days. This means that even as we have counted 33 days to Shavuot, our risen Lord showed Himself with convincing evidence on each of these days—walking with them and eating with them—to help them understand that He truly is alive. Ten days after His ascension, on Shavuot, the Holy Spirit was poured out from heaven and filled men and women, clothing them with power from on high. 

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.

Song of Ascents - Psalm 124, Verse 4

The Psalmist began this psalm by saying, "If the Lord had not been on our side..." I do not ever want to forget Adonai, that if You had not been on my side and on the side of all who have walked righteously and in the fear of God; yes if You had not been on my side, I would have been engulfed by the torrent of evil that fills the world. I would have been swept away by every wind of doctrine that has so easily besieged so many "Christians". I would have been swallowed up alive by the ways of the world and the thinking of the world. But I thank You with all my heart my Saviour and my Deliverer because I have not been overcome but rather given the help from You to be an overcomer instead. Further I am grateful that You O eternal God has been my refuge and underneath me is Thy everlasting arms that keeps me safe. Let me recognize this always and never lose sight of Your grace.

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 concluded the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15th 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. 

From the day of First-fruits, which was the day our Lord rose from the dead, we have now completed 32 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16), the next feast day of the Lord. This counting is also a good reminder of the fact that after our Lord Yeshua rose again, He revealed Himself to His disciples and to many others for 40 days. This means that even as we have counted 32 days to Shavuot, our risen Lord showed Himself with convincing evidence on each of these days—walking with them and eating with them—to help them understand that He truly is alive. Ten days after His ascension, on Shavuot, the Holy Spirit was poured out from heaven and filled men and women, clothing them with power from on high. 

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.

Song of Ascents - Psalm 124, Verse 3

Father in heaven, what comfort there is to know that on the side of the righteous is the Sovereign Adonai Elohim T'zeva'ot, the God of angel armies where myriads upon myriads and thousands upon ten thousands attend to Your bidding. I recall how at the final hours of our Lord, while in the Garden of Gethsamane, He said to those who had surrounded Him, "Do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?" Yet as a lamb who is led to the slaughter, He went with those who falsely accused Him. He knew that no man had any authority over Him except that which was given by His Father (and He said this to Pilate's face). May this kind of confidence fill our hearts Adonai. May this kind of anchored faith in Your inseparable love cause us to fearlessly say, "If God is for us, who can be against us? Is there anything that can separate us from Him?"

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 concluded the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15th 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. 

From the day of First-fruits, which was the day our Lord rose from the dead, we have now completed 31 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16), the next feast day of the Lord. This counting is also a good reminder of the fact that after our Lord Yeshua rose again, He revealed Himself to His disciples and to many others for 40 days. This means that even as we have counted 31 days to Shavuot, our risen Lord showed Himself with convincing evidence on each of these days—walking with them and eating with them—to help them understand that He truly is alive. Ten days after His ascension, on Shavuot, the Holy Spirit was poured out from heaven and filled men and women, clothing them with power from on high. 

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.

Song of Ascents - Psalm 124, Verse 2

O God of eternal wisdom, Thou hast shown from the beginning of time how the righteous are always hated by the unrighteous. Your word tells us that it is because the light exposes their deeds of iniquity. While You walked on this earth, Adonai, You repeatedly warned that: "You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved." Yet we find that because a majority of Christians, instead of being set apart, have so blended with the world, their fruit bearing them witness; that their lives are at ease and the world does not trouble them. Yet days are coming when there can be no more fence-sitting; for You warned Your disciples: "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name." At that time each man's devotion for You and stand for righteousness will be tested. 

But they who choose You will never be disappointed for they know that they do not have to be afraid of those who kill the body, for after that they have no more that they can do. But rather as You so wisely counseled us: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell. May Your remnant rest secure in You and Your perfect plan for no matter what, because Adonai is for them, they are in the safest place possible.

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 concluded the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread which started on the 15th 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. 

From the day of First-fruits, which was the day our Lord rose from the dead, we have now completed 30 days of counting up to the fifty days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16), the next feast day of the Lord. This counting is also a good reminder of the fact that after our Lord Yeshua rose again, He revealed Himself to His disciples and to many others for 40 days. This means that even as we have counted 30 days to Shavuot, our risen Lord showed Himself with convincing evidence on each of these days—walking with them and eating with them—to help them understand that He truly is alive. Ten days after His ascension, on Shavuot, the Holy Spirit was poured out from heaven and filled men and women, clothing them with power from on high. 

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.