Praise God for His Faithfulness

Meditations on Christ in the Psalms 

January 3, 2023

Praise God for His Faithfulness

 Search for the Lord and for his strength;

continually seek him.

Psalm 105:4

Psalm 105 celebrates God’s Covenant faithfulness, from Abraham to the Israelites entering the land of Canaan. As a way of celebrating their heritage with God as they followed God into their future, the Israelites included Psalm 105: 1-15 in their celebration of the Ark of the Covenant arriving in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 16:8-22).

The first church I served as pastor had a wonderful way of using their heritage to inspire them to faithfulness for their present-day mission. Memorials to pastoral and lay leadership were placed throughout the sanctuary. Photographs of church members called into pastoral ministry were prominently displayed in the Narthex. The original church building was a few miles away from their present sanctuary, and on the fifth Sunday of a month, the church would gather in their former sanctuary for worship. In this old church, the pulpit furniture had been crafted by one of their members, and each family had constructed their own pews, which made for an interesting display of varying shapes and sizes of the pews. Every October, Homecoming was celebrated and in alternate years the old church was their gathering place. Then in the week following Homecoming, they had revival services to draw from their heritage fresh inspiration for fulfilling God’s calling on their church.

Not every follower of Jesus has a church that celebrates their heritage leading them into their future, but every follower of Christ has their own personal heritage with God’s faithfulness. Through God's grace we are who we are, and His grace toward us has not been in vain (1 Corinthians 15:10). We praise God for his faithfulness, and we trust him to bring us through tomorrow.

My Takeaway:

“Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.

    Let the whole world know what he has done.

Praise the Lord!”

Psalm 105:1,45b

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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