Psalm 107

Oh give thanks to the LORD , for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary . . . Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good . . . Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses . . . He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions . . . Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD.  (Psalm 107:1-2, 8-9,13, 20, 43, NASB)

Above are my highlights from Psalm 107.  

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.”  This line is repeated many times in the psalms, and elsewhere in the Old Testament.  We should always give thanks to the Lord, for His goodness and for His love, which endures forever and ever!  “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so.”  God’s redeemed people are commanded to repeat this truth.  For those of us who are saved by the blood of Jesus, we should always thanks to God for His love, by which He sent Jesus for our salvation! 

The title of Psalm 107 is “The Lord Delivers Men from Manifold Troubles.”  Indeed He does!  What are the troubles listed in this psalm?  God delivers us “from the hand of the adversary”; “[saves us] from [our] distresses”; He heals us; and “[delivers us] from [our] destructions.”  

Psalm 107:1 image.  Found at Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, https://www.facebook.com/truthforlife/photos/a.80595482261/10151501035127262/?type=3.

Why should we “give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men”?  Because “He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.”  

And finally, the psalmist gives us a sort of a definition of a wise person:  Men and women who give “heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.”  

The Lord is indeed loving to us, and we should always praise Him for Who He is.  Because of our sins, He wants no part of us.  But God wants to have fellowship with us, and He has a plan of salvation:  God sent His Son Jesus to the earth to be sin for us.  Jesus took the punishment we deserve, and was executed in our place.  God has promised that if we believe in Jesus, we will spend eternity with Him in heaven!  And WE get to make that decision!  What have you decided? 

Worship:  “Psalm 107–Give Thanks to the Lord (His Love is Everlasting),” by Francesca LaRosa

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