The other day God showed me several things in HIS WORD!!! I had written about part of what HE had shown me, but I had forgotten about the other!!!
Psalm 105 kept coming back to my mind, so I reread it!!! And God reminded me of something that HE had already shown me in His Word!!! I wanted to share it with you!!
Psalm 105:1-15 (NKJV)
105 Oh, give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
Do you know that magnifying God and giving HIM praise is NOT the same as giving THANKS to HIM???
Many times, we say, “God, you are wonderful and mighty!! You are glorious and full of power,” but we don’t say, “Thank You, Lord!!!”
In this Psalm, we are reminded that we should NOT only give THANKS TO THE LORD, but we should call upon his name!!! As the New Century Version says, We should pray to HIM!!!
Then verse 1 tells us to “Make known His deeds among the peoples!” That means that we should tell everyone how good HE is to us and what ALL HE has done for us!!!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!
We are to sing unto the Lord and worship HIM; sing praises to HIM. And again it tells us to tell of ALL HIS WONDROUS WORKS; HIS GOOD DEEDS!!!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
We are to give honor and magnify HIS GREAT NAME!!! Our hearts should be merry and joyful because the Lord is OUR GOD: OUR SAVIOR; OUR DELIVER; OUR PROVIDER!!! Therefore we rejoice in knowing HIM!!!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
We ask HIM to strengthen us!!! We seek HIS FACE which is HIS GOOD PLEASURE; HIS APPROVAL!!! For if God is pleased with us then nothing else matters!!! Seeking HIS Face and NOT HIS Hands means that we are NOT seeking HIM for what HE can do for us, but what we can do to please HIM!!!
5 Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
When times of trouble come, or things look bleak, we are to remind ourselves of ALL that HE HAS DONE for us and how HE HAS BROUGHT US OUT in times past!!! In doing so, we have encouraged ourselves in The LORD and given ourselves hope!!!
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
Not only is God speaking to us, but this psalm was originally written to the children of Israel!!!
7 He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
THE LORD; HE IS OUR GOD AND HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF MIGHTY IN ALL THE EARTH!!! HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF MIGHTY TO ISRAEL AND TO ALL THOSE AROUND!!!
8 He remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
HE WILL NOT FORGET HIS PROMISES!!! NO!!!! NEVER!!! It doesn’t matter how much time has passed!!!
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
God made a covenant with Abraham TO GIVE ABRAHAM AND ALL HIS DESCENDANTS THE PROMISED LAND; A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY!!!! This covenant was a divine agreement between Abraham and God, and GOD WILL NEVER FORGET THAT AGREEMENT!!!!
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
GOD has shown Jacob that HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN HIS EVERLASTING COVENANT to give the seed of Abraham the promised land!!!
12 When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
God promised Israel this land long ago when they were only a small nation and before they even came and took the land!!! Even as they traveled through the wilderness to this LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, God reassured them of HIS PROMISE!!!
14 He permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”
This is the promise that God made to Abraham and his descendants!!!
Genesis 12:1-7 (NKJV)
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
Do you know that magnifying God and giving HIM praise is NOT the same as giving THANKS to HIM???
Many times, we say, “God, you are wonderful and mighty!! You are glorious and full of power,” but we don’t say, “Thank You, Lord!!!”
In this Psalm, we are reminded that we should NOT only give THANKS TO THE LORD, but we should call upon his name!!! As the New Century Version says, We should pray to HIM!!!
Then verse 1 tells us to “Make known His deeds among the peoples!” That means that we should tell everyone how good HE is to us and what ALL HE has done for us!!!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!
We are to sing unto the Lord and worship HIM; sing praises to HIM. And again it tells us to tell of ALL HIS WONDROUS WORKS; HIS GOOD DEEDS!!!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
We are to give honor and magnify HIS GREAT NAME!!! Our hearts should be merry and joyful because the Lord is OUR GOD: OUR SAVIOR; OUR DELIVER; OUR PROVIDER!!! Therefore we rejoice in knowing HIM!!!
4 Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
We ask HIM to strengthen us!!! We seek HIS FACE which is HIS GOOD PLEASURE; HIS APPROVAL!!! For if God is pleased with us then nothing else matters!!! Seeking HIS Face and NOT HIS Hands means that we are NOT seeking HIM for what HE can do for us, but what we can do to please HIM!!!
5 Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
When times of trouble come, or things look bleak, we are to remind ourselves of ALL that HE HAS DONE for us and how HE HAS BROUGHT US OUT in times past!!! In doing so, we have encouraged ourselves in The LORD and given ourselves hope!!!
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
Not only is God speaking to us, but this psalm was originally written to the children of Israel!!!
7 He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
THE LORD; HE IS OUR GOD AND HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF MIGHTY IN ALL THE EARTH!!! HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF MIGHTY TO ISRAEL AND TO ALL THOSE AROUND!!!
8 He remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
HE WILL NOT FORGET HIS PROMISES!!! NO!!!! NEVER!!! It doesn’t matter how much time has passed!!!
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
God made a covenant with Abraham TO GIVE ABRAHAM AND ALL HIS DESCENDANTS THE PROMISED LAND; A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY!!!! This covenant was a divine agreement between Abraham and God, and GOD WILL NEVER FORGET THAT AGREEMENT!!!!
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
GOD has shown Jacob that HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN HIS EVERLASTING COVENANT to give the seed of Abraham the promised land!!!
12 When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
God promised Israel this land long ago when they were only a small nation and before they even came and took the land!!! Even as they traveled through the wilderness to this LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, God reassured them of HIS PROMISE!!!
14 He permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”
This is the promise that God made to Abraham and his descendants!!!
Genesis 12:1-7 (NKJV)
12 Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
God was with Abraham as he continued on his journey to the land of Egypt.
And when Pharaoh desired to make Sarah his wife, God caused great plagues to come upon the land!!!
Genesis 12:14-17 (NKJV)
14 So it was, when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, that she was very beautiful.
15 The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house.
16 He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
When Jacob and his sons left the place where they had dwelt and traveled home to Canaan, God cause ALL those around them to fear greatly!!!
Genesis 35:5 (NKJV) And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
GOD drowned the Egyptians in the Red Sea when they pursued His Children, Israel!!!
Exodus 14:13-14, 26-30 (NKJV)
13 And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
26 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”
27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
29 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
30 So the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
GOD made the walls of Jericho to crumble before them!!! He gave Israel victory in battle after battle and the fear of them fell upon the land because of their great GOD!!!
GOD ISN’T DEAD AND HE HASN’T GONE TO SLEEP!!!
HE WILL COME TO RESCUE HIS PEOPLE AGAIN!!!
HE WILL STAND UP FOR ISRAEL AND HE WILL SAVE THEM!!!
AND ALL NATIONS WILL KNOW THAT HE IS THE GOD OF ISRAEL!!!
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