When did you last feel you needed someone who knows the road, because you no longer knew where to go? We would like God to guide us like the best GPS, turn by turn, step by step, yet so often we meet silence and the sense that the line to heaven has gone dead. This sermon turns to Psalms 123 and 124, the prayers of people who were mocked and then rescued, and who learned to look up in hope and back in gratitude. Listen, and look for the places in your own story where God was on your side even though you could not feel it at the time.
A Journey with the God Who Helps at Every Step
On the Journey
Travel and conversation complement each other perfectly. It’s best to travel in good company, because then every journey becomes an opportunity to exchange thoughts, but also to enjoy shared silence. Summer, a time of vacations and trips, is a good time to remind ourselves that God is the most important companion on our journey-including the greatest one of all, called life. And since we’re already journeying with Him, it’s worth enjoying conversation-in addition to those moments when we’re silent and simply enjoy each other’s presence.
That is why this summer we will read a series of psalms known as the “pilgrim” or “traveling” psalms, because they were recited during the journey to Jerusalem. It is a journey through the twists and turns of life-from sorrow and loneliness to community and worship. Yet the most important thing about it is that we can walk and talk with God Himself.
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