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| Lake Ontario, Fall 2012 Photo Credit: Julius Mascarenhas |
We had our Harvest Women's Summer Event this past Friday.
The theme was Remember, Recount, Rejoice.
The evening was woven beautifully around Psalm 105 and it was a time to remember what the Lord had done at our Church.
A comment made by one of the Pastors being interviewed got me thinking. When asked what were the "wondrous works" God had done, he humbly said, that this had been a good exercise for him to list all the things that God had done in the church. It is easy to not think of them as wondrous, he said , if you start to compare and look at other churches.
The days have been dark and heavy for me again. I seem to have lost the "wonder" of God and His working. I know in my head and my lips say that He is good but there is a gap in my heart that does not truly believe that this is Plan A for my life.
I started to think that maybe, just maybe, like Pastor Mike said, I need to sit down and make a list of what the Lord has done. Maybe I have compared myself to other people and their lives and along the way completely lost the wonder...
I decided to take a closer look at what the Psalmist was saying:
In verses 1 to 7 he is instructing the people on how to worship the Lord.
"Give thanks"
"Call upon His name"
"Make known His deeds"
"Sing praises to Him"
"Tell of all his wondrous works"
"Glory in His name"
"Seek the Lord"..."continually"
"Remember the wondrous works that he has done."
Vs 8 -11 He then goes on to speak of the covenant God made with Abraham, which God "remembers forever."
Vs 12-15 He took care of them when they were
"few"
"of little account"
"sojourners"
"wandering from nation to nation"
He protected them fiercely "Touch not my anointed ones..." He said.
Vs 16-22 He raised up a man - Joseph and sent him ahead of them. He put him to the test and in time he became lord over the land and was able to provide food for God's people during the famine.
Vs 23-38 He multiplied His people and when the Egyptians turned against them He delivered them out of slavery. He rained down plagues and delivered the final stroke when the first born of their oppressors were killed.
Vs 39-45 He looked after their every need while they were in the wilderness.
He brought out the "few" those "of little account" "the sojourners" the wanderers...
He brought them out with joy, with singing, and
"And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws."
The Psalmist ends with a resounding almost exhilarating: Praise the Lord!
Loved One are you in a dry season of your life? Are you comparing yourself to other people and their lives?
Would you be willing to sit down and make a list of His wondrous works in your life? Think about it for a moment, the fact that you wake up and have the next breath is His gift to you.
As much as this is the story of the nation of Israel, it is a personal story. As I listed even a few of the many blessings He has bestowed on me and my girls, I realized that like the Psalmist I could shout in my heart "Praise the Lord."
This journey to my heart however is not over - it is a daily and continual seeking.
If you are a child of God and that means you recognize your need for a Saviour and you have believed and accepted the redemption that Jesus offers through His finished work on the cross, this is your story. He will bring you out with singing and joy, out of this wilderness of pain and suffering into a land where He will personally wipe every tear.. Rev 21:4
If you have not considered the claims of Christ, dear Reader I encourage you to read the Gospel of John and ask Him to reveal Himself to you.
Call upon His name...
Seek Him....
And you will see His Most Wondrous work of all - in the person of Jesus Christ.
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