We were men without threats. We were men who talked little of the deeds to be done.”
–Louis L’Amour (Silver Canyon)
“So you may walk in the way of goodness, and keep to the paths of righteousness.”
–Proverbs 2:20(NKJV)
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“Look what the Lord has done,
Look what the Lord has done…”
–Mark David Hanby
Can you imagine Caleb sitting with his grandsons and explaining how the Lord helped him through the wilderness? Or Joshua, telling about traveling through the wilderness, then about the walls of Jericho falling down. Maybe your mind wanders to Gideon, holding a youngster by his side, explaining how the Lord delivered Israel with only three hundred men.
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? Try and explain its majesty to someone who has not been there. Even with photos it is not the same. Now, with our study last week on “wonderful” we can give a better description but still cannot relay the magnificence of the Lord and His deliverance or miracles. This is what Psalm 114 is about. Deliverance, telling about the wonders of God.
1 — When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 — Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
3 — The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back.
4 — The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 — What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back?
6 — O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?
7 — Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 — Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. (NKJV)
God takes care of His own. His children are precious to Him and He will not allow enemies to crush them. Lawson writes, “When God delivers His own, He opens a door that no person can close, ushering them out of their predicament. He then goes before them, leading them into the safety of His will. No obstacle is too great for God to overcome. No enemy is too great for Him to defeat.” God is with His people.
Too often, we whine and moan about the troubles that confront us. How soon we forget the wonders of God. How soon we forget the deliverance of His power. Think for a moment of the miracles, the deliverances, the times He was there with you in the midst of the storms and calamities. Let’s finish the chorus by Hanby:
“He healed my body, He touched my mind,
He saved me it was just in time;
I’m gonna praise His name,
Each day He’s just the same,
Come on and praise Him,
Look what the Lord has done.”
In times of troubles and doubts, remember what the Lord has done. Not only for Israel as depicted in Psalm 114, but also in your life. Get rid of the fears, the anxieties and the doubts and know that the Lord has dominion over the problem, the earth, and your life. Allow Him to function and show His deliverance. Not only will our enemies flee, but notice in this Psalm that even the seas and rivers “flee” at His command.
So pass on the Word of the Lord to your children and grandchildren. Pass on those remarkable wonders that the Lord has done for you throughout your life. Let them see the power of God and know that as He delivered you, they can trust in Him for deliverance in their lives. Perhaps the questions are: How are you passing God’s remarkableness on to the next generation? How are you conveying it to those you see every day?
“The sea beheld his power and fled;
Jordan ran backward to its head.
The mountains skipped like frightened rams;
The hills leaped after them like lambs.
And all things, as they change, proclaim
The Lord eternally is the same.”
–Charles Wesley
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“Look what the Lord has done,
Look what the Lord has done…”
–Mark David Hanby
Can you imagine Caleb sitting with his grandsons and explaining how the Lord helped him through the wilderness? Or Joshua, telling about traveling through the wilderness, then about the walls of Jericho falling down. Maybe your mind wanders to Gideon, holding a youngster by his side, explaining how the Lord delivered Israel with only three hundred men.
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? Try and explain its majesty to someone who has not been there. Even with photos it is not the same. Now, with our study last week on “wonderful” we can give a better description but still cannot relay the magnificence of the Lord and His deliverance or miracles. This is what Psalm 114 is about. Deliverance, telling about the wonders of God.
1 — When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 — Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
3 — The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back.
4 — The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 — What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back?
6 — O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?
7 — Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 — Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. (NKJV)
God takes care of His own. His children are precious to Him and He will not allow enemies to crush them. Lawson writes, “When God delivers His own, He opens a door that no person can close, ushering them out of their predicament. He then goes before them, leading them into the safety of His will. No obstacle is too great for God to overcome. No enemy is too great for Him to defeat.” God is with His people.
Too often, we whine and moan about the troubles that confront us. How soon we forget the wonders of God. How soon we forget the deliverance of His power. Think for a moment of the miracles, the deliverances, the times He was there with you in the midst of the storms and calamities. Let’s finish the chorus by Hanby:
“He healed my body, He touched my mind,
He saved me it was just in time;
I’m gonna praise His name,
Each day He’s just the same,
Come on and praise Him,
Look what the Lord has done.”
In times of troubles and doubts, remember what the Lord has done. Not only for Israel as depicted in Psalm 114, but also in your life. Get rid of the fears, the anxieties and the doubts and know that the Lord has dominion over the problem, the earth, and your life. Allow Him to function and show His deliverance. Not only will our enemies flee, but notice in this Psalm that even the seas and rivers “flee” at His command.
So pass on the Word of the Lord to your children and grandchildren. Pass on those remarkable wonders that the Lord has done for you throughout your life. Let them see the power of God and know that as He delivered you, they can trust in Him for deliverance in their lives. Perhaps the questions are: How are you passing God’s remarkableness on to the next generation? How are you conveying it to those you see every day?
“The sea beheld his power and fled;
Jordan ran backward to its head.
The mountains skipped like frightened rams;
The hills leaped after them like lambs.
And all things, as they change, proclaim
The Lord eternally is the same.”
–Charles Wesley