Today's Meditation - Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Today's Meditation

Read Psalm 124

¹If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—let Israel now say—

²if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when our enemies attacked us,

³then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

⁴then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

⁵then over us would have gone the raging waters.

⁶Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

⁷We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

⁸Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

     Here we have one other psalm that repeats a line like Psalm 130, but this time it is more like a call and response.  The leader says, "If it had not been the Lord who was on our side," then the people respond with the same line, "If it had not been the Lord who was on our side," then they continue to fill in the blank with, "when our enemies attacked us..." followed by the list of all the things that could have happened if God was not there with them.

     Although I don't like to dwell on "all the things" that might have happened, as there are usually enough awful things that already DO happen, it is perhaps good to remember that certain things don't.  That God is by our side protecting us and caring for us, helping us to make it through each day.

How is God helping you through this day?

"Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth."

AMEN.

Had It Not Been the Lord