Psalm 123:1-2: "I lift my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy."
People demonstrate many different approaches in their pursuit of God. Many today see God as a "friend," who only wants to shower upon us His blessings, without having any expectations of us. Those who embrace such fallacious notions, see God as the proverbial grandfather figure that lets us do whatever we would desire, without consequence.
Conversely, we find in this passage that the psalmist sees his relation to the Lord as one of a slave toward his master. We know that a slave has no rights and is not consumed with his own desires; rather, he is focused on the will of his master and seeks to please him through obedience.
Verse 3 tells us that the psalmist seeks mercy from his Master . . . not self-seeking, self-fulfilling demands; this man wants to receive the blessing of the Master's favor. One can sense from the psalmist that he is consumed with pleasing his Master, rather than the selfish adulation that is so prevalent in our world (and sadly in many of our churches).
Let us never forget that God expects our surrender to Him as LORD. Let us learn from the psalmist's approach as He looks to His Master in Heaven, and may we embrace such an understanding of submission. Surrender is God's expectation of us, and it is only through our capitulation to Him that we will find His mercy, His favor, and His blessing.
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