secure mission

Walk about Zion, go around her,

number her towers,

consider well her ramparts,

go through her citadels,

that you may tell the next generation

that this is God,

our God forever and ever.

He will guide us forever.

Psalm 48:12-14

This was a song meant to be sung in the temple of God. It is a song about the temple of God AND the God of the temple. This temple on the beautiful mountain of Zion was to be “the joy of all the earth” (Psalm 48:2). Within the citadels of Zion God had made His very self the fortress of Israel (Psalm 48:3). God was to be worshiped with a sense of secure faith. And a big part of that worship is known in a secure mission at the end of the psalm.

Once again a call is made to tour the towers, ramparts, and citadels of the temple complex. But the goal of that tour was not just worship, but to bolster security for a big purpose. The goal was an increased confidence in the greatness of God to be passed along to the next generation. God kept His people secure. He dwelt among them in a real temple. He could be known in real ways. He commissioned them to proclaim Him and His truth to the next generation. The confidence of Zion wasn’t just a call to worship, it was a catalyst for generational faith.

How much more in Christ can we trust in the secure confidence of our saving God?! Jesus dwelt among us, died for our sin, rose again to insure our eternal salvation, lives with us, and through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, indwells each believer as His temple. We are secure. And this same Jesus commands His followers to tell this good news to the next generation. This is our God! He is our God forever and ever.