by Priscilla
Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord
who minister by night in the house of the Lord. (vs 1)
Growing up, I went to lot of church camps. They were great days and were often a highlight of my year. And why wouldn’t they be – four days of great teaching, excellent worship, living together as a community, hanging out with my friends, bonfire night – it was great. There were normally five or six buses that took people back home after the camp and each bus would be filled with the roaring sound of campers singing, laughing and generally making a joyful noise unto God.
This psalm was a bit like that. We have been blogging through ‘The songs of the Ascents’ – as the Psalms from 120 to 134 were called.
The songs of the Ascents were sung as people made the journey from their villages and tribes towards Jerusalem for various Jewish festivals and most importantly to worship Yahweh at the Temple.
Psalm 134 was usually sung as people were leaving to go back home. (Bit like my fellow campers back home). As the Jews would leave very, very early in the morning they would see the priests and singers continuing their worship of God through the night. And this song was to encourage them and pray God’s blessing over His faithful servants.
King David loved the presence of God – in his life, in his kingdom and over his city. He arranged that Temple choirs would praise the Lord day and night throughout the year, every year in the Temple (1 Chron 9:33, Ps 113:3).
Not surprisingly King David’s reign was one where Israel saw most peace and prosperity in the land.
24-7 prayer and worship is powerful. Currently in Bournemouth, the churches have got together to pray for the town this week. We can see God breakthrough powerfully, we can see revival, we can see salvation, we can see healing, we can experience God’s blessing – when we pray.
If you are able to, why not book a one-hour slot this week to pray for this town to watch God unfold His magnificent and gracious plan for this town and nation.
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