“I rejoiced with those who said to me, ‘Let’s go to the house of the Lord’” (Psalm 122:1 CSB). In this third of the Psalms of Ascents, the focus is on the city of Jerusalem. This is the place where God’s temple was located. The pilgrims wanted, above all, that peace and security would be paramount in their place of worship. Their prayers were for this peace to be a reality. So many times in my short ministry, I have seen not peace but division and discord break out and break open the ...