Tag: God’s Will Be Done - Psalm 131-133

Psalms 132:8

Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,

you and the ark of your might.

Tag:  God’s Will Be Done!!

Psalm 132 is a unique song that gives us some insight into the worship of ancient Israel.  There is some dispute to when the song was written and composed.  The song is praising God and the worship of His glory.   The above verse gives us some insight into the purpose of our worship.  The writer is speaking about the Ark.  The Ark was the physical representation of the presence of God in the time of Israel’s wandering in the wilderness.   Whenever God wanted them to go God would lead them with a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.   He would reside in the Tabernacle, upon the Ark of the Covenant.  His glory gave the nation of Israel a physical manifestation to both comfort them and guide them.  Note what Moses would do when the glory of God moved them via the Ark:

Numbers 10:35, 36

And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, “Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”

We see then that the Ark is the symbol, in this Psalm, of the glory and presence and will of God.  So, when the writer of this song writes: “Arise, oh Lord, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might” the writer is saying, “Have your way in our lives!”  We might, here, think of the Lord’s prayer:

Matthew 6:10

Your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Our desire in life is that God’s will be done in our lives, in our families, in our nation.  We should be living for God’s Kingdom to be rule on this earth.   Men and women today have their cares in this life and the “ark of God’s presence” is a long way away from their lives.   This Psalm reminds us that we ought be praying and living that God’s ark (His presence) would go to His “resting place” - Where He wants to take us and complete His plan.   God’s will finding rest in our lives is a glorious thing to praise.