{"id":3786,"date":"2020-09-04T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T01:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2020-09-04T18:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T01:25:42","slug":"hobart-herd-devotionals-psalms-105-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3786","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotionals – Psalms 105-107"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotionals \u2013 Psalms 105-107<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This is a great Psalm of thanksgiving to God\nfor His faithfulness to His people throughout their history from Abraham to the\nfulfillment of His covenant promises. \nThis is a long Psalm, so I will not attempt to cover all that is in it,\nbut will try to hit the highlights and the application to our lives today.  Many times I think of praising and thanking\nthe Lord with my lips, but really it comes from the heart and mind.  Verses 1-2 talk about how we thank, praise,\ncall, make known, and speak of all His wonders. \nWhat does a heart of thanksgiving look like?  Look at verses 3-5;<\/strong> 3  Glory in His holy name; let the heart of\nthose who seek the LORD be glad. 4  Seek\nthe LORD and His strength; seek His face continually. 5  Remember His wonders which He has done, His\nmarvels, and the judgments uttered by His mouth,(NAS).  We need to glory, seek, remember, and marvel\nat Who God is and what He has done.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verses 7-11, there is thanksgiving for\nGod\u2019s faithfulness to His children.  He\nchose them and made covenants with them, always keeping and honoring His\npromises even when His children were disobedient and unworthy.  His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,\nDavid, and with all of us, Jesus Christ, have always been kept.  How great are the covenants and promises\nthroughout the Scriptures?  When we see\nhow faithful God is to His Word, we can only thank, praise and glorify His holy\nname for what He has done for us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verses 12-41, we are given a history\nlesson of God\u2019s faithfulness to Israel. \n\u201cFirst, the writer stated that the Lord protected them while they\nsojourned in other lands (vv. 12-15). Perhaps this refers to Abraham\u2019s journey\nfrom Ur in Chaldea to Haran (Gen. 11:31), Canaan (Gen. 12:4-5), Egypt (Gen.\n12:10-20), and his living in the Negev (Gen. 20:1). Second, the Lord sovereignly led Israelites\ninto Egypt and exalted Joseph\n(Ps. 105:16-22; cf. Gen. 37; 39-41). Third, in Egypt the Lord made His people very fruitful even\nthough they were oppressed (Ps. 105:23-25; cf. Ex. 1:6-14). Fourth, through Moses . . . and Aaron the Lord worked wonders in Egypt (the land of Ham; cf. Ps. 105:23).\nThese wonders were the plagues on Egypt (vv. 26-36) that oppressed the\nEgyptians (cf. Ex. 7-11; Ps. 78:44-51). God rescued His people with great booty\n(105:37). In fact Egypt was relieved\nwhen they left (v. 38). Fifth,\nthe Lord led the Israelites through the wilderness and provided quail, manna (bread of heaven), and water\nfrom the rock (vv. 39-41). So\neven during Israel\u2019s wanderings He was faithful to them.\u201d(The Bible Knowledge\nCommentary)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Finally in verses 42-44, God remembered His\nholy word to Abraham and brought His people into the Promised Land with joy,\nallowing them to take possession and enjoy the fruits of there labor.  All of this, so that they might learn to be\nas faithful to His word as He and obey and keep it.  The real lesson I get from this Psalm: we\nenjoy God\u2019s faithfulness and love as His children, but fail to fully show our\nthankfulness by praising Him with lips, heart, soul, and actions.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, I just want to say thank You from my\nheart for Your faithfulness to me.  I\nknow I don\u2019t deserve Your love and care, but I am so glad that You are there\nfor me.  Help me to truly thank You from\nmy heart by seeking, singing, and praising Your name.  Help me to be faithful to obey Your\nword.  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 106<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This Psalm continues the praise,\nthanksgiving, and worship of God for His lovingkindness and compassion.  While Psalms 105 lists all the great things\nGod performed in His faithfulness to His covenant; in Psalms 106, we find a\nlist of the times God was full of lovingkindness and compassion on His children\nwhen they didn\u2019t deserve it.  This Psalm\nreminds Israel of the times when they failed God, but He continued to lovingly\nhave mercy, forgiveness and compassion on them. \nPsalms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

106:44-46, 44     Nevertheless He looked upon their distress,\nwhen He heard their cry;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

45     And He remembered His covenant for their\nsake, and relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.  46   He\nalso made them {objects} of compassion in the presence of all their captors.(NAS)  These verses are my favorite as they remind\nme that God, in His lovingkindness, has made me an object of His Compassion in\nthis crazy world.  Praise the Lord, in\nthe sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, He has provided the mercy and grace I need\nto be an object of His compassion!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verses 1-5, we have the praise and\nthanksgiving given to God for His faithful lovingkindness and blessings on\nthose who practice His righteousness at all times.(vs. 3)  There is also a personal request from the\nwriter that God would remember him and bring salvation, prosperity, and joy to\nthe hearts of those that love and serve the Lord.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   However, in verse 6 the list of failures\nbegins.  Ps 106:6   We have sinned like our fathers, we have\ncommitted iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.(NAS)  They quickly forgot His miraculous works and\ndid not seek His wisdom or counsel.(vs. 13) \nThey complained and \u201ccraved intensely\u201d, tempting God.(vs. 14)  They were envious of Moses and Aaron, and God\nhad to punish them.(vs. 16)  They made a\ngolden calf and replaced the glory of God with it, forgetting their Savior!(vs.\n19-21)  They despised the \u201cpleasant land\u201d\ngrumbling in their tents about the giants instead of listening to the voice of\nthe Lord and His promises told to them by Joshua and Caleb.(vs. 24-25)  They slept with the Moabite women and\nworshiped their gods and feasted with them causing God to bring a great\nplague.(Numbers 25; Psalms 106:28-30) \nThey provoked God, rebelled against His Spirit, refused to obey God\u2019s\ncommand in wiping out the people of the land. \nThey instead mingled, served their idols, going so far as to sacrifice\ntheir children to the gods of the Canannites. \nThey shed innocent blood and brought God\u2019s anger against them in\npunishment.(vs. 33-39)  Psalms 106:39          Thus they became unclean in their\npractices, and played the harlot in their deeds.(NAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Praise the Lord He still delivered them,\nheard their cries, and \u201crelented according to His lovingkindness\u201d.(vs.\n43-45)  As \u201cobjects of His compassion\u201d, our\nresponse should be the same:  \u201c47  Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from\namong the nations, to give thanks to Thy holy name, and glory in Thy praise.\n48  Blessed be the LORD, the God of\nIsrael, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say,\n“Amen.” Praise the LORD!\u201d(NAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, thank You for making me an object of\nYour lovingkindness and compassion.  I\nhave failed You over and over again, many times suffering the consequences and\npunishment for my sin.  Thank You for\nbeing my Savior, and may I never forget Your great mercy, grace and love in\nforgiving my sin and providing for my eternity with You through the blood of\nJesus Christ, Your Son.  In Jesus\nprecious name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 107<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   There is an old worship chorus from my\nchildhood that perfectly describes and comes from this Psalm.  \u201cI will sing of the mercies of the Lord\nforever, I will sing, I will sing.  I\nwill sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, I will sing of the mercies of the\nLord.  With my mouth will I make known,\nThy faithfulness, Thy faithfulness.  With\nmy mouth will I make known, Thy faithfulness to all generations.  I will sing of the mercies of the Lord\nforever, I will sing, I will sing.  I\nwill sing of the mercies of the Lord forever, I will sing of the mercies of the\nLord!\u201d(J.H. Fillmore)  Verse 2 says it\nbest, \u201cLet the redeemed of the Lord say so!\u201d \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Through out this great song, there is a chorus\nthat is repeated: Psalms 107:8    Oh that\nmen would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the\nchildren of men!(KJV)   These words are\nrepeated like a refrain, or maybe it was a response from the congregation of\nworshippers as they answered the call from the worship leaders.(vs. 15, 21,\n31)  As the leaders would remind the\npeople of God\u2019s great faithfulness and love, providing them with the pleas of\ntheir prayers, they would answer with this response!  We often do this at Hobart when we have our\ncommunion service and sing, What can wash away my sin? \u201cNothing but the blood\nof Jesus.\u201d  What can make me whole again?\n\u201cNothing but the blood of Jesus!\u201d  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   One of the greatest of our sins is not\n\u201csaying so\u201d!  How can we keep from singing\nand speaking His praises from our hearts? \nHe responds to our needs.  Psalms\n106:41<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But He sets the needy\nsecurely on high away from affliction, and makes {his} families like a flock.  42  The\nupright see it, and are glad; but all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.  43     Who\nis wise? Let him give heed to these things; and consider the lovingkindnesss of\nthe LORD.(NAS)  What has the Lord done\nfor you?  Are you giving Him the honor\nand glory by \u201csaying so\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, forgive me for not giving You all\nthe glory and honor for the way You have taken care of all my needs throughout\nthe years of my life.  I take advantage\nof You and You continue to bless and provide all my needs physically,\nemotionally, spiritually, mentally, and do it for all eternity.  May I never stop singing and speaking Your\npraise!  In Jesus name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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