M-W-F Bible study: Psalm 114

Good morning,
Do you know what I take away from this Psalm? We wait for God's timing. And when God says "it's time", He will move mountains to act. There will be a day when we understand God's timing. But for now, we need to be like a child, and slip our small hand into His large and protective one, and just trust.

When my children were small, we'd be walking in a parking lot or other public place, and their little hands would pop into place, into my larger hand. And I'd give them safety, as we navigated unfamiliar places. I just need to keep remembering that in my own day-to-day.

Just my thoughts.
Blessings,
Lili

Psalm 114

1When the Israelites escaped from Egypt -- when the family of Jacob left that foreign land --2the land of Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom.3The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away.4The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs!5What's wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?6Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, little hills, like lambs?7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Israel.8He turned the rock into pools of water; yes, springs of water came from solid rock.

(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christnotes.org)

"Chapter Contents

An exhortation to fear God.

Let us acknowledge God's power and goodness in what he did for Israel, applying it to that much greater work of wonder, our redemption by Christ; and encourage ourselves and others to trust in God in the greatest straits. When Christ comes for the salvation of his people, he redeems them from the power of sin and Satan, separates them from an ungodly world, forms them to be his people, and becomes their King. There is no sea, no Jordan, so deep, so broad, but, when God's time is come, it shall be divided and driven back. Apply this to the planting the Christian church in the world. What ailed Satan and his idolatries, that they trembled as they did? But especially apply it to the work of grace in the heart. What turns the stream in a regenerate soul? What affects the lusts and corruptions, that they fly back; that prejudices are removed, and the whole man becomes new? It is at the presence of God's Spirit. At the presence of the Lord, not only mountains, but the earth itself may well tremble, since it has lain under a curse for man's sin. As the Israelites were protected, so they were provided for by miracles; such was that fountain of waters into which the flinty rock was turned, and that rock was Christ. The Son of God, the Rock of ages, gave himself to death, to open a fountain to wash away sins, and to supply believers with waters of life and consolation; and they need not fear that any blessing is too great to expect from his love. But let sinners fear before their just and holy Judge. Let us now prepare to meet our God, that we may have boldness before him at his coming."