Psalms 106-107
Rejoicing and Remembering
Psalms 106:1-2 (NASB95)
1Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 2 Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the LORD, Or can show forth all His praise?
Psalms 106:4-5 (NASB95)
4 Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation, 5 That I may see the prosperity of Your chosenones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
Psalms 107:1-3 (NASB95)
1Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary 3 And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
Psalms 107:5-9 (NASB95)
5 They were hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of theirdistresses. 7 He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. 8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! 9 For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.
Psalms 106 and 107 are all about praising the Lord for the things He has done. You can’t properly rejoice if you can’t remember. That is one of the main purposes of the Jewish festivals. They celebrate Passover every spring to remember the deliverance of their people from Egypt. These psalms recount many of the details of that exodus and the journey through the wilderness so that the people can remember and rejoice in that memory.
What has the Lord done for you? We recently went through a Cleansing Stream retreat where we experienced much healing and deliverance. Many people were set free during that retreat. But it is not enough to merely be set free… we must remember. If we don’t remember, and rejoice in that memory, we have a tendency to fall back into the old ways. We can be like the Israelites in the wilderness that longed to return to the leeks and garlic of Egypt, even if it meant returning to slavery. Rejoicing in the memory of our deliverance is a great antidote to wanting to return to the pit. Memory is selective and we tend to forget the bad things. Thus we need to continually rejoice, remembering how the Lord has delivered us from bondage. Like Psalm 40 reminds, us we need to sing a new song every day so that we don’t return to that pit of miry clay.
Praise the LORD!
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Praise the LORD!
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalms 107:43 (NASB95)
Whois wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.
Psalms 106:48 (NASB95)
Blessedbe the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.”
Praise the LORD!
So let us be wise and remember the lovingkindness of the Lord and all the things he has brought us through. Let us bless the Lord and rejoice always.
Let all the people say “Amen”.
Praise the Lord!
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