MARCH 5, 2024
“I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.” (Psalm 77:11-15)
Asaph, this Psalm’s writer, says he “will remember the works of the Lord.” (Vs. 11) When amidst turmoil, the Christian can never forget the works of God, for He is the same and is ready to defend His servants just as He did in the days of old. Whatever else may happen, the marvelous works and wonders of the Lord in time past must not be forgotten. The memory of what God has accomplished can aid faith.
We can enter into God’s grace and contemplate, absorbing every thought in the subject. Our mouths should overflow with praise of the sound matter which fills the heart. Meditation should lead to rich talking, and the genuinely meditative man should be a talker, speaking of the Lord and His actions. We do wrong when we leave our thoughts to ourselves. Holy talk spawning from meditation has power for us and those who listen to us.
We understand our God and rest assured that all His ways are just and proper. When we cannot wholly trace His way, we can still trust it, for it is in holiness. We must have fellowship with holiness if we would understand the ways of God to man. He who would be wise must worship.
Who is so great a God as our God? In Him, the good and the great are blended. He surpasses in both. None can, for a moment, be compared with the mighty One. Unlike how the false gods are surrounded with figurative wonders, our God works them. It is His prerogative to work marvels; it is no new or strange thing, but it is according to Him alone.
This reflection of the works of the Lord gives us a renewed sense of holy confidence. It would be incredibly small-minded of us not to trust the wonder-working God. He has declared His strength among the people. It was no secret in times of old, and even still is published abroad. God’s providence and grace are both full of displays of His power. Who will not be strong in faith when there is so strong an arm to lean on? Should we lose trust when our Lord’s power is so beyond question? Meditating on these things should banish our mistrust.
All of Israel was brought out of Egypt by a display of divine power ascribed not to the hand but to the arm of the Lord because it was the fulness of His might. Ancient believers were constantly referring to the wonders of the Red Sea, and we can unite with them.
The comfort from this meditation is evident and abundant, for He who brought up His people out of bondage will continue to redeem and deliver until we go into the promised rest.
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