When someone falls in love with another person, often they will try and find out all that they can about that one they love. What are his favorite foods? What are her favorite flowers? They seek to know all about them. Another thing one often does is to talk all about the one they love. As believers who claim to love the Lord, do we ever talk about Him to others, and are we seeking to know more about Him? Let’s look into the first several verses of Psalm 105, and see what we can learn.
As our psalm opens, the author calls upon each of us to tell others what the Lord has done for us (vs. 1-2). Many of us can recall hearing someone say that people should keep their religion to themselves, and that talking about God, including any personal testimonies, should be discouraged. This is not what the Word of God tells us to do. Despite many that say we should keep quiet about the Lord, and not upset the unbelievers, in our passage today we are urged to share with others the Good News about Him.
When a friend or relative helps you out in a significant way, perhaps they helped you with a big project you needed to get done, or maybe gave you a very nice and special gift, we often tell others about their kindness. We even do that about a new restaurant, store, or vacation park we go to. We tell others about it. We don’t keep quiet. Why should that be different when it comes to the many blessings we receive all the time from the Lord? I’m sure that each of us can name many things the Lord has done for us in the last week, things that if they came from someone else we’d certainly be telling others about it.
Many of us have unsaved friends and family members which we would love to see come to faith in the Lord Jesus. The Holy Spirit can use those times we share with them about how the Lord answered certain prayers, or when we tell of the blessings that He favored us with, and draw in them a desire to have God in their lives, too. But that can’t happen if we never speak up.
Talking with others about God and what He has done for us will also help to build our own faith. As the hymn writer said, we need to count our blessings, especially when things might be looking dark, and we are going through a difficult time. That will help to renew a spirit of thankfulness in us. Being thankful will transform us, and remembering what God has done for us shows us that He is near.
Our psalmist also urges us to seek the Lord (vs. 4). Seeking the Lord about every problem is the only answer to any dilemma we face. We need to learn more and more about Him. God promises that all those who seek Him with all of their heart will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13). He also rewards those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). Jesus promised that if we seek, we will find (Matthew 7:7).
Seeking God will bring joy into our lives, and who can’t use more joy today? This happens because we see all that He has done on our behalf. One valuable way is to recount how He has helped us and others in the past. In order to remember God’s works and wonders we must read and study His Word (vs. 5).
One thing that we will discover as we read Scripture is that when God makes a covenant or a binding agreement in the Bible with His people, He has always kept His part, even though the people repeatedly broke their part (vs. 8). God now has a New Covenant with His people, the seed of Abraham (vs. 6). Every believer, whether Jew or Gentile, is the “seed of Abraham” (Galatians 3:6-9). This New Covenant is through His Son, Jesus Christ, which the Old Covenant always pointed to. The New Covenant is the everlasting covenant. It will never be suspended or changed (Hebrews 13:20).
As we go out into our day today, let’s be sure we share with our friends and relatives all that the Lord has done for us, and to seek Him with all of our heart!
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