A multi-day trek into the mountains with no trail at all, just an uncle breaking the path and one instruction: step exactly where I step. From that memory a speaker from Texas leads us to Psalm 125 and the question of whether God can be trusted not a little, but completely. The sermon names three moments when trusting is hardest: when life turns uncertain, when we feel abandoned, and when sin settles into our lives. Listen if you want to discover why those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken.
Discussion questions
For your small group or for personal reflection after the sermon.
- Psalm 125 was sung by pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. What might it have meant to them that those who trust the Lord are like Mount Zion, where the temple stood, and like the mountains surrounding the city?
- The psalm says the scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land of the righteous. How do you understand the sermon's point that God, as a good father, allows hardships but will not let them last forever?
- The speaker described a mountain trek with no trail, learning to follow in his uncle's footsteps. In what situation in your life is it hardest to follow God without seeing the whole path?
- The sermon stressed that God looks at the heart rather than adding up our good and bad deeds. How does this truth change the way you come to God with your failures?
- The speaker named three moments when we are tempted to stop trusting God: uncertainty and overload, feeling abandoned, and sin. Which of these feels closest to you right now, and why?
- The sermon encouraged us to pray when anxious (Philippians 4:6-7), stay connected to other believers, and confess sin to someone we trust (James 5:16). Which step do you want to take this week, and who could help you with it?
