May 13, 2015 – Wednesday

Start Time:   6:46 AM

End Time:    7:04 AM

Title: Psalm 106.

Scripture: Psalm 105:1 – 48

God’s Message / God’s Promise / God’s Commands:

→ What a great day to start with thanksgiving!  Thank you Lord for Psalm 106.  This chapter is a psalm of thanksgiving to the Lord.  Giving God thanks for the simplest reason of all - because He is good and His love endures forever!  Now what does it really mean?  The little things in our lives each day that we consider good shows the love of the Lord for us so we ought to give Him thanks for it the moment we see it.  We have to open our eyes for it - searching for it, if necessary because not all the time, our being is in a thankful mode.  So it is important that we condition ourselves to give thanks each day and openly searching for God's goodness and love will be a great help!  And it's the right thing to do too.  Verse 3 said that blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right!  So to openly and actively search for God's goodness and love is the right thing to do and when we do it, we are blessed!  Hallelujah!

The previous chapter spoke of God as the source of all creation and that His creations are interconnected at all times.  This chapter today, speaks of God's love for us and goodness that even when we have sinned or our ancestors did, He still saved us and rebuked nature so we can be delivered out of our enemies' hands.  That's how good God is and His love enduring forever.

In verse 13, the author spoke again of another failure we humans are guilty of...forgetfulness.  We tend to forget the miracles God did and has done for us, yet, God gave what the people requested in the wilderness - food!  In the camp, when people grew envious of Moses and Aaron, they worshiped other gods and so the land swallowed them up...again they forgot God who saved them from Egypt, the miracles He performed for them to bring them to safety.  Time and time again, this has become the cycle in the wilderness.  God was merciful and gracious but men, forgot and are selfish and just do things that angers the Lord.  The Lord was patient with His people until His anger rose up and gave them to their enemies to be oppressed.  But many times, God delivered them out, but the people rebelled and wasted away in sin...so they are given back to their enemies.  Despite of all of this, God took note of His people's distress when He hears their cry.  Oh what a loving God truly He is.  For the people's sake, He remembered His promise and caused all who are held His people captive to show His people mercy.  What an amazing God!  Hallelujah!

So this author, strongly encourages us to praise His Name, the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting!  Amen!

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, what a wonderful message to know that Your love for me endures forever.  Despite of my multiple failures or consciously wrong choices, You punishes and judge but Your love surpasses Your anger.  Lord, I am grateful and privilege to be part of the people You love.  I am amazed of how awesome Your love is for me and how it is amazingly able to save me time and time again.  Lord, I cannot promise that I will not fail because You know me better than I know myself...so I will not promise that.  But I promise You Lord to walk with You at all times, whatever my present condition of myself is (whether I feel blameless or sinful)  I will walk with You at all times.  And like Moses I say to You Lord, If you are not going with me then please do not send me away from this place where You are with me.  For how will other people know that You found favor in me?  Your presence distinguishes me from other people on earth.  And I pray that You answer the same as You have answered Moses, that You will do as I asked because I have found favor in You and because You know me.  Hallelujah!  Glory to Your Name forever!  In Jesus' Name, Amen!