Psalms of Ascent: Psalm 129/Perseverance

October 09, 2022

Pastor Nate Roschen

Psalms of Ascent: Psalm 129 Perseverance Psalm 129 speaks to perseverance and how a person grows in this virtue. We may think that perseverance grows naturally, either a person perseveres or they don’t survive. But for the believer, perseverance grows not merely through surviving difficult situations and suffering. Perseverance is grown through the acquisition of trust in and the gain in knowledge of our great God. Psalm 129 tells us of the oppression that the author has experienced. He’s been kicked around, oppressed since his youth. He and his people have taken lashings. But his perseverance does not come from his callouses. His perseverance comes from the one that would one day take the lashes in his place. Join us, as we look to God’s strength and grow in perseverance! Pastor Nate Roschen