Psalm 126
Peace be upon Israel.
1 When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion,
we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.
INTRODUCTION
This evening we are here to give thanks.
And we come to God with Joy.
There have been comments down through the years about Christians not expressing their Joy,
And a lot of that is thrown at Presbyterians.
We explain that our Joy is not just based on how we are feeling,
It is based on something much deeper.
The problem being that it is so deep that it never reaches our faces!!!
Story told about the man who brought his dog with him to church.
And every now and then it would lie down and cover its eyes.
What is it doing that for.
Every time he sees a sad face he does that.
What does he do when someone smiles?
I don’t know, we've only been coming here 5 years.
But that is not my experience.
Because people here are filled with joy.
People are rejoicing, and giving thanks
And as we come to give thanks for the harvest this evening,
We come with great Joy to God.
The Lord Has Done Great Things
This Psalm is all about remembering the good times.
Remembering that God has done great things
It is a Psalm that is to be sung when we start taking things for granted.
And we have got into a bit of a rut with life.
The Psalm is about remembering what God has done in the past.
Do you remember what it was like when we came back to Jerusalem.
Do you remember how happy we were when we came back to our homes.
When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion,
we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.
Psalm 126:1,2
When God returned the exiles it seemed too good to be true.
They were filled with joy.
But we take God's gifts for granted.
When God provides the harvest we should be filled with joy.
We should be in awe.
How come we have all this food?
How can the plants and flowers be so beautiful?
When God saves someone we should be filled with joy,
Just as the angels in heaven are filled with Joy.
Think back to when we were saved.
It impacted every area of our lives
We were filled with joy.
It is almost too good to be true.
It seems like a dream.
We could do nothing but talk about it,
Tel others about it.
The Lord has done great things.
Do It Again Lord
So this evening as we continue with this Psalm,
We look back over our lives,
And as we give thanks for the hand of the Lord,
We say “Do It Again Lord!”
Come again in your power Lord,
Pour out Your Holy Spirit on us again Lord.
We want to see more.
We want to see you glorified Lord.
As the Psalmist says:
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negev.
Psalm 126:3,4
Restore our fortunes again Lord.
As we give thanks for this Harvest,
Come again Lord, and bring another Harvest,
But also Lord,
Come again in Revival
Come again with Blessing
Come again with Your Holy Spirit
Come again converting and convicting of Sin
Do it again Lord!
The picture is of the Negev.
It is a dry and dusty land,
Nothing is growing.
There is no life,
And then a stream flows through that desert.
And life returns,
Plants that had withered spring back into life.
And we are filled with Joy at the work of the Lord.
It is a miracle,
It seems too good to be true.
Reaping Songs Of Joy
And as the streams flow through the Negev,
We reap Songs of Joy.
At harvest there is a pattern of sowing and reaping.
The seed that is sown is different from the harvest that is reaped.
The seed is planted and it dies in the ground so that new life can burst forth.
There is hope.
No matter how dark our lives may appear,
There is the hope of Joy.
Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5,6
We may be living lives of sadness
Tears may be flowing every day,
But we will reap the songs of joy.
Only Jesus can bring us this deep joy, that transcends our circumstances.
Only Jesus can help us see beyond our problems.
We don’t wait for our circumstances to change, before we have a glimmer of joy in our lives,
Instead the joy comes from trusting in Jesus.
If you plant a seed, you don’t have to wait to see the shoot above the ground before you are satisfied.
You plant the seed and you know that the seed will grow.
You have satisfaction that the job has been well done.
And so it is in our lives.
We sow the seed of tears, and trusting in Jesus we know that the reaping will be joy.
There is nothing that Jesus cannot handle.
There is no situation that is hopeless for Jesus.
CONCLUSION
This Psalm encourages us at this Harvest,
To look back at the Harvest in the past,
And then to plead with God to do it again,
And then we will reap the song of Joy
Peace be upon Israel.
1 When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion,
we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negev.
5 Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.
INTRODUCTION
This evening we are here to give thanks.
And we come to God with Joy.
There have been comments down through the years about Christians not expressing their Joy,
And a lot of that is thrown at Presbyterians.
We explain that our Joy is not just based on how we are feeling,
It is based on something much deeper.
The problem being that it is so deep that it never reaches our faces!!!
Story told about the man who brought his dog with him to church.
And every now and then it would lie down and cover its eyes.
What is it doing that for.
Every time he sees a sad face he does that.
What does he do when someone smiles?
I don’t know, we've only been coming here 5 years.
But that is not my experience.
Because people here are filled with joy.
People are rejoicing, and giving thanks
And as we come to give thanks for the harvest this evening,
We come with great Joy to God.
The Lord Has Done Great Things
This Psalm is all about remembering the good times.
Remembering that God has done great things
It is a Psalm that is to be sung when we start taking things for granted.
And we have got into a bit of a rut with life.
The Psalm is about remembering what God has done in the past.
Do you remember what it was like when we came back to Jerusalem.
Do you remember how happy we were when we came back to our homes.
When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion,
we were like men who dreamed.
2 Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.
Psalm 126:1,2
When God returned the exiles it seemed too good to be true.
They were filled with joy.
But we take God's gifts for granted.
When God provides the harvest we should be filled with joy.
We should be in awe.
How come we have all this food?
How can the plants and flowers be so beautiful?
When God saves someone we should be filled with joy,
Just as the angels in heaven are filled with Joy.
Think back to when we were saved.
It impacted every area of our lives
We were filled with joy.
It is almost too good to be true.
It seems like a dream.
We could do nothing but talk about it,
Tel others about it.
The Lord has done great things.
Do It Again Lord
So this evening as we continue with this Psalm,
We look back over our lives,
And as we give thanks for the hand of the Lord,
We say “Do It Again Lord!”
Come again in your power Lord,
Pour out Your Holy Spirit on us again Lord.
We want to see more.
We want to see you glorified Lord.
As the Psalmist says:
3 The Lord has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negev.
Psalm 126:3,4
Restore our fortunes again Lord.
As we give thanks for this Harvest,
Come again Lord, and bring another Harvest,
But also Lord,
Come again in Revival
Come again with Blessing
Come again with Your Holy Spirit
Come again converting and convicting of Sin
Do it again Lord!
The picture is of the Negev.
It is a dry and dusty land,
Nothing is growing.
There is no life,
And then a stream flows through that desert.
And life returns,
Plants that had withered spring back into life.
And we are filled with Joy at the work of the Lord.
It is a miracle,
It seems too good to be true.
Reaping Songs Of Joy
And as the streams flow through the Negev,
We reap Songs of Joy.
At harvest there is a pattern of sowing and reaping.
The seed that is sown is different from the harvest that is reaped.
The seed is planted and it dies in the ground so that new life can burst forth.
There is hope.
No matter how dark our lives may appear,
There is the hope of Joy.
Those who sow in tears
will reap with songs of joy.
6 He who goes out weeping,
carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5,6
We may be living lives of sadness
Tears may be flowing every day,
But we will reap the songs of joy.
Only Jesus can bring us this deep joy, that transcends our circumstances.
Only Jesus can help us see beyond our problems.
We don’t wait for our circumstances to change, before we have a glimmer of joy in our lives,
Instead the joy comes from trusting in Jesus.
If you plant a seed, you don’t have to wait to see the shoot above the ground before you are satisfied.
You plant the seed and you know that the seed will grow.
You have satisfaction that the job has been well done.
And so it is in our lives.
We sow the seed of tears, and trusting in Jesus we know that the reaping will be joy.
There is nothing that Jesus cannot handle.
There is no situation that is hopeless for Jesus.
CONCLUSION
This Psalm encourages us at this Harvest,
To look back at the Harvest in the past,
And then to plead with God to do it again,
And then we will reap the song of Joy
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