Celebrating God’s Help

Celebrating God’s Help

Psalm 124:1-5
Pastor Terry Wilcox

Psalm 120 is about repentance.
Psalm 121 is about trust.
Psalm 122 is about people discovering the joy of worship.
Psalm 123 is about the freedom we enjoy as God’s servants.
Psalm 124 is affirmation that God helps the believer.

Let’s look at Psalm 124:1-5

1. These pilgrims believed that they would not have survived had God not helped them. 
   Psalm 124:3

2. The second word picture is a flood. 
   Psalm 124:4-5 – This speaks of sudden disaster.

   This Psalm lifts our eyes beyond the skepticism of our times.
    
   Never hesitate to put the scripture under the searchlight of your disbelief!

   The Psalms have remained popular for 3,000 years not because they are great poetry appealing to our wishes and dreams, but because they have been authenticated by people in the crucible of life.

   Isaiah 55:8-9 
   Job 11:7  
   Deuteronomy 29:29

3. The backdrop of this Psalm is the difficulties of life, but the subject is:  God is our helper.

   Faith develops out of the most difficult issues of our lives. 

   Believers sing words of praise in the midst of a hellish world.  They sing songs of victory in a world filled with defeat.

   We live lives of joy among people who do not understand us nor encourage us.

Personal Notes