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Psalm 122 – Peace for Jerusalem
By Mark D. Roberts | Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Excerpt
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122:6
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Prayer
Dear Lord, in this season of Christmas when we celebrate the coming of “peace on earth,” we remember that this peace hasn’t fully come. Our world is still torn asunder by war. Oppressors still reign across much of the globe. Injustice triumphs all too often. And so we look to You, Prince of Peace, to make things right in this world. Even as we celebrate Your first coming, we look forward to Your second coming.
Ironically, sadly, and tellingly, we are still impelled to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. This holy city continues to be a center of conflict and hostility. And so we pray for peace especially in Jerusalem, and Israel, and Palestine, and Lebanon, and throughout the Middle East. O Lord, let Your peace reign in our broken world.
Postscript
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:1-5
Topics: Psalm 121-125 |