"SOMEONE" Is There
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Preliminary
Preliminary
Psalm 105 is a recitation of history from the time of Abraham to the conquest of Canaan in the days of Joshua
Its goal is to move the soul as it magnifies the saving miracles of God and then shows us the simple response he calls for in our lives.
It’s divided into two uneven stanzas
Psalm 105:1-6 is the invitation to sing God’s praise
Psalm 105:7-45 constitutes the praise we are to render
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4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: Seek his face evermore.
Be Exultant The Patriarchs—God’s Gracious Election (vv. 1–15)
There are ten commandments in verses 1–5 (“seek” is found twice), climaxing with “remember” (v. 5). Their
Even though this Psalm describes events in the past -
the Psalmist in our text is emphasizing that the Lord is at work presently.
Paul recognized there are somethings we cannot have except by prayer
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
So “we need to seek His “face” his presence - for we need his power...
Wherever faith has proved itself to be real, it has inevitably had upon it a sense of the “present” God.
The holy Scriptures possess in marked degree this feeling of actual encounter with a real Person.
The men and women of the Bible talked with God.
They spoke to Him and heard Him speak in words they could understand.
With Him they held person-to-person converse, and a sense of shining reality is upon their words and deeds.
This sense of “Someone there” filled the members of the early Christian church with abiding wonder. The solemn delight which those early disciples knew sprang straight from the conviction that there was One in the midst of them—they were in the very Presence of God!
This sense of “Someone” there makes religion invulnerable to critical attack. It secures the mind against collapse under the battering of the enemy. Those who worship the God who is present may ignore the objection of unbelieving men!
Mornings with Tozer: Daily Devotional Readings (October 8: “Someone” is There)
I’m so thankful Someone is there
and as the Psalmist encouraged us
Lets seek His “face” his presence - for we need his power...