Today, I am reading and commenting on  Psalms 120-135.

I am not quite sure where I am going with today’s blog, but then if you have been reading this for any length of time you know that happens a lot.  In the first of today’s psalms the psalmist asks God to save him from lying lips and deceitful tongues.  It seemed to me like the psalmist was talking about the people around him and asking God to protect him from enemies who used deceit and lies against him.  However, as I read it, it occurred to me that perhaps we should ask God to save us from having lying lips and deceitful tongues.  We should seek God’s aid in being honest and forthright in our dealings with others.  Which brings me to the phrase from the second of today’s psalms which always speaks to me when I read it:
” where does my help come from?
 My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.”
And while what I am about to write is not what I think the psalmist was talking about, I do think it is something which we should acknowledge.  If we want to avoid being dishonest and deceitful, which we should desire, we need to turn to God and ask Him to help us.  On our own we will not succeed in being truly honest, even with ourselves.  

I hope you will forgive me for my writing today being a little scattered.  The psalmist requests that we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and I think that God  is speaking to us in that.  We should pray for the peace of all nations and towns, but in some way. it seems to me that peace for the world starts in Jerusalem.  Those who hate that city and want to see it subjugated bring trouble throughout the world.

The final thought I want to touch on today is where the psalmist tells us that unless the Lord builds the house the builders labor in vain.  This goes right along with what I wrote the other day about not rejecting that which God has made the cornerstone of His plans.  We will only be successful if we work on the projects which God asks us to work on.  Which brings me to where the psalmist tells us that it is good and pleasant when God’s people live and work together in unity.  If we can humbly serve the Lord, we will find it much easier to work and live in peace with all others who strive to serve Him.  The psalmist tells the servants of the Lord to praise Him.  If we give the praise and glory to God instead of seeking to keep some of it for ourselves, it is not hard to be at peace with others.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.