Lent WK 5 PS 130

Its not over yet

psalm 130:1-

Psalm 130:1–8 ESV

1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

The psalm is a cry from the depths of pain or despair. And there is no clear resolution, no clear fix to the brokenness; the separation still abides. And yet, there is hope. There is the confidence, even from a position of pain, that resolution is at hand. There is a trust that even in suffering, there is someone who knows us. Even if nobody knows the trouble we see, there is always a “but” in our faith; nobody knows, but Jesus.

Where does the hallelujah come from? From the faith that says even though my lived experience is that nobody knows, my faith experience is that Someone knows. God knows. Jesus knows.

As we close out our journey through the Psalms during this Lent season we close out our time with a word that takes us to a place that we might currently be in spiritually and emotionally.

A climb to assurance through this Psalm

A psalm of ascent, climbing to Jerusalm to worship

we are climbing towards Easter ourselves

We climb from hopeless to redeemed

Psalm 130:1–2 ESV

1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

Psalm 130:3–4 ESV

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

Psalm 130:3-

Personal and communal language

who can stand?

Is anyone good enough?

NO

vr 4

but you are merciful, you are forgiving and because of that we lovingly respect you.

Psalm 130:5–6 ESV

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

vrs. 5

“my soul” nefesh —> every part of me, the totality of my being

“in his word I hope” —> more like in his word I trust —> there is more of a faith/assurance than a hope.

I am

We know this from vrs 6, the watchman know that the sun is coming it is just a question of when.

—> isn’t that a word for us today. We know the end of this coronavirus is coming, and so we wait in faith, in trust, in hope for God to deliver us.

Psalm 130:7–8 ESV

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

And when the dawn comes it burst forth. Here is our Easter verse 2 weeks early.

“O Israel” hey everybody! Let’s trust in the Lord! There is love and there is wholeness! That’s what redemption is. We are made right with God. We are put back into right relationship with God. Jesus made that possible on the cross and in the tomb, because Jesus conquered the grave we are redeemed! AMEN!

This get’s us to Jerusalem where we will enter the city next Sunday. Where Jesus will ride in and the people will cry Hosanna Loud Hosanna!

Our Lent journey is almost complete

May we finish our journey strong ready to worship our King, King Jesus!