Psalm 125:1 “They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.”
“They that trust in the LORD” are the “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father” (I Peter 1:2), who are “born again” by the Holy Spirit (John 3:1-8), and who lift their eyes above themselves “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2). It is our human nature to measure our survival and success by our own intellectual abilities, our own physical strength, our own education and experience, and our own determination. The natural part of our being assesses that if I am not able to do it, it cannot be done. Like Peter, who took his eyes off the Lord and began to sink (Matthew 14:30), when we limit our CHANCES of survival and success by our own natural abilities, we are sure to sink into confusion, despair, failure, and great loss of joy and peace. But, to “trust in the LORD” is to look beyond our own natural abilities and strengths and look to the Lord our God Who “raiseth the dead” (II Corinthians 1:9) and “hath created” the earth and the heavens (Isaiah 40:26). It is He “that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Psalms 100:3) and it is He “which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace” (II Thessalonians 2:16) and it is He Who “will never leave” us “nor forsake” us” (Hebrews 13:5). Let us not fall into the carnal trap of thinking that our CHANCES of survival and success is limited by our own natural abilities. God does not employ a chance system; let us never forget that “all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen” (II Corinthians 1:20); thus, the Lord’s Church “shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever”! Furthermore, we “can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth” us (Philippians 4:13). That is, we can surely “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.” (I Corinthians 16:13) and not give up in the face of our present tribulations, distresses, and sufferings; always looking for a better day.