I’ve been working my way through Tim Keller’s The Songs of Jesus this year. I found his comments on Psalm 134, the last of the Songs of Ascent, striking.
Psalm 134
The first and most powerful temptation is to doubt the goodness of God.
Our job, in large part, is to satisfy ourselves in God’s goodness. You can’t fake this. We can
Jerusalem was an amazing city with one glaring weakness: a vulnerable water supply. In ancient days, an enemy could simply deprive the city of water by cutting off its overground conduit and wait.
It’s happened a few times. I’ve sat in a conference meant for pastors or church planters and sensed that something’s off. The information is true and practical, but it just