Day 3: Let the Redeemed Say So
Scripture Reading: Psalm 107: 1-32
The theme of Psalm 107 is stated in the first two verses:
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
For his steadfast love endures forever!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom he has redeemed from trouble.
This theme is followed by four "personal testimonies"--illustrations of those who have been redeemed by the Lord and have reason to give Him thanks. Each testimony includes a similar progression:
- Distress--the straits people found themselves in
- Desperate cry to the Lord for help
- Divine deliverance
The passage is punctuated by a response--a "thanksgiving chorus" that is reapeated at the end of each testimony (vv. 8, 15, 21, 31). Write out the words to that chours in your journal.
How often do you consciously thank the Lord for His steadfast mercy and love and His "wondrous works" in your life?
GRATITUDE IN ACTION
- Write out your personal testimony of God's saving grace following the progreassion found in Psalm 107.
- How did God bring you to the end of yourself, to the place where you cried out to Him for mercy?
- What has changed in your life since He delivered you from your slavery to sin?
- If you have additional time, write another brief testimony of a time subsequent to your initial salvation, when you were in distress, you cried out to the Lord, and He came to your rescue.
- Now, reread the first two verses of Psalm 107 and the "chorus" that recurs throughout. Take time to thank the Lord for His steadfast love and His redeeming work in your life.
- "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so" (v.2). Share you story (His story) with someone else today. Tell them how grateful you are to the Lord for saving you--eternally, as well as daily.
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