Because Jesus Is In It

Psalms 48:1-2 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

It is the opinion of some, that this Psalm refers to the attack of the Assyrians and Sennacherib on God's people, when the Lord Himself destroyed their armies. The psalmist(s) declared the beauty of Zion and its towers. However, note what, or Who, they were really praising. The beauty of Zion was not in itself, but in the fact that it was the city of God. Their boasting of many towers and their strength was not in the towers themselves, but in the fact that the Lord was their Tower and Strength. So it is today, that the beauty of our lives and service, the protection and strength we have, needs to be rooted in the fact that Jesus is the Lord and Savior of our lives. If we are building a life that is built on the foundation of this world, its values, and all that it offers, then we have built it in vain. It will be a life, that in the end, will yield nothing of any heavenly worth. However, if we build a life where Jesus is the Foundation, and it is built on God's truth; only then will it be a life of true beauty. A life built on the fact that Jesus is our Tower and Strength, is a life that will yield results worthy of God's glory and praise. This psalm boasts of all that Zion was at that moment, and in the defeat of a great enemy; yet if we really listen to what they were singing, we will realize that their boasting was not in Zion itself, but the awesome God of Zion. If there is any boasting to be done for the life we have and the beauty that exists in it, we have to admit that the only reason it is beautiful and of any worth is because Jesus is in it.

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 6:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive Him and His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).