Faithfulness

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# 6 2021 Dev. Psalm 105:7. Faithfulness! Read all of Psalm 105. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.

Psalm 105:7 “He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth.”

Ps. 101 starts a new series of 10 Psalms. This series is like a Psalm within the Psalms. The series is complementary from front to back: Ps. 101 corresponds with 110 and 102 with 109 and so on. Psalms 105 and 106 are the center of this 10 Psalm series.  

While Ps.104 is all about God’s glory, Ps.105 is about God’s faithfulness. The first 7 verses are the introduction and a call to worship. The first four verses contain ten imperatives. The rest of the Psalm is the main hymn framed by four verses vs. 8-11 containing God’s promises. Also vs. 42-45 containing the fulfillment of God’s promises. God’s promises are still with the followers of Jesus today and God is faithful, He will fulfill His promises to us.

Vs.12-15 God’s care, “when they were few in number… do my prophets no harm.” God chose Abraham to be the father of all believers. “Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.” Gen 18:18. God chooses us as well but we are strangers on this earth, wanderers, this is not our final home. God’s faithfulness is with us every day.

Vs.16-22 contains the story of Joseph taken to Egypt. Joseph was faithful to his God and God rewarded him by giving him a Christ like role in saving his family and many other people. God is faithful to us as well, even if we experience opposition like Joseph, but the blessings of God to us are sure.

Vs.23-38 includes all of four hundred and thirty years in Egypt. When slavery, persecution and the killing of male children ensued God heard their cry and brought them out using the power of nature to set them free. God is in control of the world, Jesus desires to save the whole world and the Holy Spirit holds all things together until God calls us home and till time and space shall end.

Vs. 39-41 God’s care in the wilderness: guiding them night and day, providing food and water. The psalmist leaves out all the complaining and rebellion, but wants to keep it positive, he is proclaiming God’s faithfulness through all the problems. Is it not that way for us? We are in the wilderness but God is guiding and providing for us. We know the way by the way of Jesus and through all the problems of sin, lack of faith, persecution, and rejection, God is faithful. Amen?

Vs. 42-45 God fulfills His promises: “For he remembers his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.” Theologically speaking we are all children of Abraham, “You will have decedents as many as the sand of the sea” that promise includes us. The promised land is our heavenly home. We will all cross the river. God is faithful and He will take us home. Along with the Psalmist we say: Praise the Lord!

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