SYNOPSIS: The entirety of Psalm 107 simply gives one example after another of how God, in his faithful love and enduring mercy, has freed his people from what they deserve. And at the end of each example, the psalmist expresses the call to gratitude: “Oh, thank God, he is so good! His love never runs out! All of you set free by God, tell the world!” I bet you could compose your own Psalm 107 of his love and mercy in your life. In fact, that might be a good assignment for you and me this week. And then, as the psalmist suggested, we should go tell the world. Now, that’s a pretty tall order, so how about starting the part of the world in which you live? Write your psalm and share it with your spouse, your family, your friends, and then your co-workers.
Moments With God // Psalm 107:1-2
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this.
I like how The Message version of the Bible renders the psalmist’s call to gratitude: “Oh, thank God—he’s so good! His love never runs out. All of you set free by God, tell the world!”
God is good—all the time! That truly is the testimony of my life—and I have a feeling it is true of your life as well. Certainly, I ought to be proclaiming God’s goodness to anyone who will listen and even to those who won’t, much more than I do. Adding to that, the fact that I am, on my best day, not so good, and on my worst day, frankly, pretty bad, only brings out the brilliance of God’s overwhelming goodness even more.
The New King James translation of the psalmist’s words is even more meaningful to me: “Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.” Mercy—I can really relate to that. Now, don’t misunderstand what I’m saying: I’ll take either enduring love or enduring mercy—I can’t leave without either one. Love and mercy are simply different facets of the same diamond we understand as the goodness of God.
But God’s mercy really speaks to me, and I’ll bet if you thought about it, you would say the same. Someone said that mercy is not getting what you deserve. The truth is, you and I depend upon God’s mercy every single moment just to draw in the next breath since the holy and righteous God has had every reason and right to annihilate us from the planet because of our sinfulness. Jeremiah said it well in Lamentations 3:22-23,
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
The entirety of Psalm 107 simply gives one example after another of how God, in his faithful love and enduring mercy, has freed his people from what they deserve. At the end of each example, the psalmist expresses the call to gratitude: Oh, thank God, he is so good! His love never runs out!
I bet you could compose your own Psalm 107. In fact, that might be a good assignment for you and me this week. And then, as the psalmist suggested, we should go tell the world. Now, that’s a pretty tall order, so how about starting the part of the world in which you live? Write your psalm and share it with your spouse, your family, your friends, and then your co-workers.
I don’t know how they will feel about it, but you will certainly feel pretty good. That’s what heartfelt gratitude to God for his faithful love and enduring mercy does.
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