Hey friends, I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.

I don't know about you, but lately I have just been feeling this angst over all the chaos that has been in the new cycle. And, you know, the last

week or so, it seems like it's even more elevated. And one of the things that I keep clinging to

is this idea of being a citizen of the kingdom of God. And above and beyond being a citizen of this

world and this country that we live in now, we are ultimately citizens in God. And above and beyond being a citizen of this world in this country that we live in now,

we are ultimately citizens in God's kingdom. And I think that forward thinking, that hopeful thinking,

is something that's a powerful way to get us through these crazy days that we're living through.

So that example is what we're going to read through today in Psalm 87. And I think it's

going to really be a blessing for you, given the current circumstances of the world today. And again,

if you are just joining us, we are going through one psalm a day. And as we're going through each

Psalm, I'm giving a little bit of history and culture and background to help you maybe understand

some of the things

you may not have seen before. And I'm reading from the NIV. And this is a psalm that is known as a

song, and it was done by the Sons of Cora, which if you remember, we talked about them in the past.

They were worship leaders from the tribe of Levi. He has set his foundation on the holy mountain. The Lord loves the gates of Zion,

more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are said of you, O city of God. I will record

Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me, Philistia, too, and Tyre, along with Cush, and will say this one was born in Zion.

Indeed of Zion, it will be said, this one and that one were born in her, and the Most High himself

will establish her. The Lord will write in the registers of the peoples, this one was born in Zion.

As they make music, they will sing. All my fountains are in

you. So the background of this psalm is it's essentially a song that belongs to the collection

that we call the Zion songs. And it celebrates Jerusalem as the center of the community of God that is present on earth.

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