March 19, 2013 Skpping Mountains

Read Psalms 113-115 Skipping Mountains Psalms 114-115:1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, 2 Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back; 4 the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, 6 you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water. 115 Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. DO YOU need great encouragement? Do you know someone who does? Likely your answer is “Yes.” for both questions. Encouragement is hard to get sometimes, isn’t it? Encouragement can be hard to give, too, can’t it, especially to someone you really love who’s having a hard time. So here, let me encourage you. What kind of God is God? He has come to form a people and make them his own in the depth of their despair. Not only that, he comes to dwell with them! He makes this lowliest of earthly tribes a sanctuary for himself! He lives among his people. He gets very personal with them to show them his power. And how powerful is he? At his word, “the mountains skipped like rams.” The sea turned back, and the river stopped. Everywhere he lead his people, they were victorious. They won the battles. They lived in his strength. They personally dwelled in his love and faithfulness. What’s wrong today? I encourage you to welcome the personal God into your personal life. Share these words with your friend. Expect these words to be for you because they are. It’s True! You can trust your “mountain skipping” God.