Cedar Hills Community Church - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

SONGS OF SECURITYPsalm 125Steve PooleTHEME What does our security in God in look like?OUTLINE1. The TRUTH is we ARE secure in God• Sometimes our feelings don’t match the truth of Scripture.• We must submit out feelings to the truth.• God’s Word is the ultimate authority, not our feelings.2. Emotional roller coaster does NOT invalidate our security in God• We are established ‘like Mount Zion’ (Psalm 125:1)• Scepter of Wickedness/Rod (Psalm 125:3)• Isaiah 10:24-253. Defeat does NOT invalidate our security in God• Defeats will come, but they are temporary.• His steadfast, covenantal love never waivers and never fails• It’s good to pray for justice.4. Injustice doesn’t invalidate our security in God• We live in a world corrupted by sin.• We fight injustice from the high ground of our identity in Christ.NEXT STEPS• Read Psalm 125 every day this week with some fellow pilgrims.• Declare “Peace be upon Cedar Hills” – a promise for those secure in God.• Where you feel defeat, failure, or despair, pray “Shalom be upon_