Psalms of Ascents: Had It Not Been the Lord...

As we continue our “Psalms of Ascents” series, we come to Psalm 124, which begins, “Had it not been the Lord who…” – words that invite us to consider what our lives might have been had God not been with us, protecting, preserving, and sustaining us. But for God to have been with us – “on our side,” as this psalm also asserts – is not something we can presume upon or arrogantly hold in an us/them…