In our younger years we did some backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains. One thing that stuck us before faith in Christ and after was that these mountains had been there a long time and they were going to last a while. They were stable. Even though the San Andreas fault would shift, the trembling moved through the coast range and across the Central valley, by the time it made it to the Sierras the trembling stopped and they were stable.

Psalm 125:1–2 (NIV)

¹ Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever. ² As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

The Psalm is one of the Psalms of assents (Ps. 120-134). They were Psalms the faithful Hebrews sang as they traveled up to Jerusalem to worship, probably in association with the three required pilgrimages a year. They saw, walked on and experienced the stability of the mountain upon which Jerusalem and the Temple were built.  So the Psalmist uses that experience and image to encourage the people that the Lord is stable, trustworthy and abides forever, like Mt. Zion. The mountains also surround Jerusalem like the Lord protects us on all sides. Forever.

In this time of uncertainty, trust in the Lord. It is not just a platitude, God’s stability and love for us is real. In reality, the mountains we see now are temporary, this world is not all there is and there will be an eternal Mount Zion were we will reside with the Lord. In this world, God is stable, trust in Him