# 10 2021 Dev. Psalm 107:2,3. God’s Story! Read all of Psalm 107 first. 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 107:2,3 “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,3 those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south”.[a
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.
Ps. 107 is about God’s faithful love and His care in different situations written as a story. It also introduces Book V of the Psalter. Vs.1-3 is a call to worship and to give praise for His redemption. Our stories are important, in every twist and turn, in every valley and mountaintop God is with us by the power of the Holy Spirit of Jesus.
Vs. 4-8 addresses both our physical situations and our spiritual struggles. “Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.”That is a real issue at that time and in that place. But it is also a metaphor for losing your way in life and for wandering off the path. All of us at one time or an other did not find “a straight way” until God intervened. Now we are heading for that city not built by hands, praise the Lord.
Vs. 9-16 In our journey through this life we make mistakes, sin is too much with us, causing physical or spiritual imprisonment. But there is way out. “They cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.” God stands ready to forgive anyone, for any wrong, by believing in Jesus.
Vs. 17-22 repeats the same story: problems of our own making, “they cried to the Lord in their trouble and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them;” God’s word, Jesus, and His written Word give life!
Vs. 23-32, the story is repeated: “they cried to the Lord in their trouble and he saved them from their distress.” Whatever situation you find yourself, know that God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit is walking with you, Amen.
Vs. 33-38 contain the main message the Psalmist is giving his people and us, he gives us a contrast that many people have experienced: “He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, 34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.” He also gives us the contrast of those who invite God into their story: “35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; 36 there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.”
Vs. 39- 43 includes a warning that seems out of place, he is anticipating what so often happens with much prosperity: we of all people should understand from what we are going through right now, God is not only forgotten as our Redeemer, He now is directly opposed by our leaders and cancel culture.
May we all take verse 43 to heart; “Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.” Amen and amen.
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