Notes of Faith September 14, 2024
God of Wonder: Recalling His Wonders
Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth. Psalm 105:5
We normally speak of time in three tenses: past, present, and future. But with every tick of the clock, the present becomes the past, leaving us only with the past and the future. As time passes, the past gets longer, and the future gets shorter. The ever-increasing past provides a growing memory of the works and wonders of God.
“Remembering” was an integral part of the Israelite culture as reflected in the Old Testament: “For He established a testimony in Jacob...that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God” (Psalm 78:5-7). What God did in the past—His works, wonders, and Word—were to be the foundation for faith in the future.
The same is true for us. What God does for us today will be a memory come tomorrow—and the foundation on which we will build a life of faith going forward.
Ps 78:1-7
Listen, O my people, to my instruction;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 We will not conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.
5 For He established a testimony in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach them to their children,
6 That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,
That they may arise and tell them to their children,
7 That they should put their confidence in God
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments,
Ps 19:1-4
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
All of creation declares the glory of God. As we take in the beauty of God’s creation, let us be mindful of who He is. He is Sovereign over all, the giver and sustainer of life. Give praise the God and declare His glory!
Pastor Dale