Psalm 125 is about security for God’s people.
The psalmist compares God’s protection to a wall of mountains.
Psalm 125:2 (NRSVue) - As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people from this time on and forevermore.
In John 17, Jesus prays for His disciples.
He prays for their security as well.
Jesus knows that the world hates them.
But Jesus does not pray for them to be removed from the world.
Instead, Jesus prays for God to make them secure from “the evil one.”
John 17:15 (NRSVue) - I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.
Like a wall of mountains, God’s love surrounds us.
And, like the disciples of old, we too must remain in the world for a time.
During our time, we are also protected from “the evil one.”
In Matthew 6, Jesus taught His followers how they should pray.
This is how we should pray as well.
Matthew 6:13 (NIV) - And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
As we live out lives of service in this world, may we remember God’s love and protection.
May we also remember how we should pray.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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