June 25, 2020
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Reading along with us in Psalm? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 106 (ESV)
Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good
1 Praise the Lord!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!....Continue Reading
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“Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.”
Psalm 106:7 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/psa.106.7.esv
Why do we forget how good God is? He piles blessings upon us, yet we forget. Give praise to the Lord, for He is good and His blessings endure forever.
Thoughtful prayer
Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,
that he might make known his mighty power.
Our God is a Father of integrity and keeps His promises. Thank you, Lord.
I love how the psalmist gives ALL the history and doesn’t candy-coat it. Our nation needs to do the same.
If Psalm 105 tells of God’s remembering his covenant to Israel, Psalm 106 tells of his faithfulness even in Israel’s sin. Even in judgment God will have mercy and deliver his people when they cry out “Save us, O LORD our God”. The real theme of this chapter is praise for God’s longsuffering and not of man’s sin.
The history of humanity is one long litany of sin after sin, in some cases where sins of the earlier generation are exceeded by the sins of a new generation. It can be dark and somber to consider, but as we consider God’s longsuffering character, we should shout “AMEN! Praise the LORD!”.
As I consider verse twelve and reflect on the following verses, I wonder how deep was Israel’s belief in God? For it is not long afterward that their song of praise is turned to murmuring for food, against Moses and Aaron. I have to ask if I am any different. It is easy to praise God when there is nothing to bring me down. Yet, when there is trouble does my song of praise turn to murmuring?
God our savior:
Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people.
Oh, visit me with Your salvation,
…..
Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,
That He might make His mighty power known.
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He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
…….
They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
…….
Nevertheless He regarded their affliction,
When He heard their cry;
45 And for their sake He remembered His covenant,
And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
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Save us, O Lord our God,
And gather us from among the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.
How unfaithful the Jews were to God and how faithful He was to them in spite of it. Now part of that faithfulness was found in His discipline, but it was also found in His forgiveness and provision and blessing for them even as they rebelled against Him. It is sad that that has been the pattern throughout the history of God’s people, even the church: born in covenant and blessing and then deteriorating into pride and power, sin and bad theology. How this is a call for us to learn from history and not bough to the pressure of culture and remain faithful to the word and to the righteousness it calls us to.
Because as verse 2 says, Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare His praise? Well we never can, but are wise to try…but to do so more with the way we live and not by just what we say or sing!
43 Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.
44Nevertheless, he looked upon their distress,
when he heard their cry.
45For their sake he remembered his covenant,
and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.