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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 125  Listen to Psalm 125 I am writing this surrounded by mountains, some are huge bastions of rock reaching into the sky, solid and unmoving. This is the picture the psalmist uses to show the presence and protection God gives to his people. However this comes with the condition of trust. When I was learning to rock climb, I was taken out with an experienced climber. We set out up a rockface roped together. All went well, then we came to a pitch where the rockface stopped and a gap appeared! To go ahead I had to launch my self across nothing. I was roped to a climber who had gone ahead and was attached to a rock, but it still meant pushing off from solid rock over thin air. I had all the equipment and a person to trust in, but I had to let go of all that felt safe. Trust can be like that: we are not trusting in words, philosophy, or even ropes, but in the living reality of the Lord Jesus who calls us to follow him. This may mean letting go of all that we feel is solid and rely upon. Father, I want to be obedient to you, thank you that I am roped to you.