What do you do when life is painful and waiting seems endless? Where do you look when you're weary, discouraged, or longing for God to act?

As we continue our Songs of Ascents series in Psalm 123, we discover that our greatest need isn't for our circumstances to change immediately, but to lift our eyes to the King who reigns and whose mercy never fails. Join us as we see how this short psalm calls us to fix our gaze on God, patiently trust his timing, and confidently depend on his grace.

Our journey through life can sometimes feel like we are misinterpreted and misunderstood, or others twist our our words and we feel alone and helpless. Instead of responding in hostility or by compromising, this psalmist instead teaches us to entrust the situation to the Lord, just as Jesus did in his earthly life where his words were twisted and his enemies mocked him. He is the Prince of Peace who leads us to his City of Peace.

The Psalms contain wonderful truths expressed in gritty real-life experience, and yet it's often hard to know how Christians can pray/sing parts of them - and if we can't pray the whole thing, is it right to just select out the verses we like or resonate with? Here Ed explains a solution - reading the psalms in Christ, with Jesus as our choirmaster.