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INTRODUCTION
FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO PRAISE THE LORD PSALM 105 IS A FRIEND THAT TELLS THE STORY OF ISRAEL, AND A
FRIEND THAT HELPS US EXCLAIM THE RICHNESS
OF THE MELODY OF THIS SONG, THE RHYTHM OF THIS SONG, THE BEAUTY OF GOD’S DEEDS, GOD’S SALVATION,
GOD’S GLORY AND EVEN THE “MIRACLES” AND THE “JUDGMENTS” GOD UTTERED, AS IT SAYS IN VERSE 5.......
IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE MUSIC THE GREAT PROTESTANT REFORMER MARTIN LUTHER WAS REFERRING TO
WHEN HE WROTE:
MUSIC IS A FAIR AND GLORIOUS GIFT OF GOD.....MUSIC MAKES PEOPLE KINDER, GENTLER, MORE STAID AND
REASONABLE.......THE DEVIL FLEES
BEFORE THE SOUNDS OF MUSIC ALMOST AS MUCH AS BEFORE THE WORD OF GOD....
AND ALL THE PSALMS FOR US AREN’T JUST SONGS ABOUT ISRAEL, OR SONGS PENNED BY KING DAVID OR ASAPH,
THESE PSALMS AREN’T JUST HISTORIES LIKE
THIS HISTORICAL PSALM WE KNOW AS PSALM 105 WRITTEN ABOUT EVENTS ON EARTH LONG, LONG AGO......
RELATIVELY RECENT STORIES INCLUDE THE ONE ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING GOSPEL ARTISTS, BILL AND GLORIA
GAITHER:
ONE EVENING WHEN THEY WERE IN CONCERT IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA THEIR MUSIC LITERALLY
TRANSFORMED THE AUDITORIUM WHERE THEY WERE SINGING.
BY SINGING UNFORGETTABLE WORDS AND
CATCHY MELODIES, CONCERTGOERS CAME TOGETHER AROUND THE OLD, OLD STORY OF JESUS.
THAT EVENING CHRIST-EXALTING MUSIC CONNECTED THE PEOPLE WITH GOD IN WAYS THAT CANNOT BE
FULLY DESCRIBED.
A CROWD INTENDING TO BE SPECTATORS BECAME A CONGREGATION OF WORSHIPERS.
THAT GATHERING WAS LIVING WITNESS TO FEELING MUSICIANS CAN SOMETIMES GET THAT SAYS, “WE PLAY
THE NOTES BUT IT IS GOD, GOD THAT MAKES THE MUSIC”
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Psalms, Book Of)
Psalms can be understood as a collection of covenant hymns from loyal subjects to their Creator, Redeemer &
Sustainer
AFTERALL PSALMS 105:2 REMINDS US TO
AND BOTH PSALMS 105 AND 106 BOTH BEGIN AND END WITH ENCOURAGEMENTS TO PRAISE AND HONOR GOD
PSALM 105 BEGINS WITH THE POWERFUL LINE, “PRAISE THE LORD, O GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD, CALL ON HIS
NAME” AND ENDS WITH THE LINE, “PRAISE THE LORD.”
AND PSALM 106 BEGINS AGAIN WITH “PRAISE THE LORD, O
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD” AND ENDS WITH THE LINE, “AND LET ALL THE PEOPLE SAY, AMEN!
PRAISE THE LORD!!
AND WHEN THANKFULNESS IS COMBINED WITH OUR PRAISES BELOVEDS, O HOW THE HEAVENS MUST REJOICE…
ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR NEXT MIRACLE THANKFUL PRAISES CAN ONLY HELP ON THE JOURNEY, THANKFUL PRAISES
WILL PAVE THE WAY AND THE JOY YOU FEEL WILL BE NO ACCIDENT......WE’LL CELEBRATE THE OBSERVATION OF
OUR FRIEND, UMC PREACHER REVEREND STEVE GOODIER WHO WROTE:
“The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel.
The more gratitude we feel, the more we express
thanks.
It's circular, and it leads to a happier life."
THE PSALMS HELP PREPARE US FOR OUR NEXT MIRACLE FOR AT LEAST 3 REASONS BELOVEDS.....
THE PSALMS BLESS OUR EARS IN OUR LISTENING, SINGING AND SHARING
IN A WORLD WHERE NEGATIVE MESSAGING IS SO PREVALENT, SO POWERFULLY PUT BEFORE US AND SO
PURPOSEFULLY PUSHED......WE AS, BELIEVERS NEED TO LISTEN TO THE THINGS THAT PAVE THE WAY FOR OUR
HEARTS TO SING AGAIN.........IN PSALM 105 OUR PSALM FOR THE MORNING....WE HEAR OF ISRAEL’S VICTORIES, THE
THINGS THAT CAUSE THEM TO THANK GOD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.....ONE COMMENTATOR ON THE TEXT NOTED IT
THIS WAY:
In this historical psalm, all is sunlight and success, from Abraham through Jacob in the nomadic infancy of
the nation, to Egypt and Joseph; through multiplying numbers under Moses and Aaron to the plagues that
made Egypt glad when they left.
The journey to Canaan is swiftly recounted, with everything easy,
satisfactory, miraculous.
In the lands of the nations they fell heirs to what others had toiled for, and all
ended happily.
The immediate purpose of this liturgical recital of the story of the nation is to stir the people once again to
thanksgiving, praise, glorying in God’s name; and to the living faith which still looks to this covenant-
keeping God and ever seeks his face.1
IT WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE THEN AND IN THE LIFE ISRAEL’S WORSHIP, WAS USED
IN MAJOR FESTIVALS AND WAS OFTEN CALLED A “GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION” WHAT
WE MIGHT CALL IN OUR TIME AND OUR PARLANCE, PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF THE
MIRACLES GOD HAS ALREADY DONE......
WHEN GOSPEL SONG WRITER WILLIAM MURPHY PUT PEN TO PAPER AND THEN
LAYERED ON SOME MELODIC NOTES, AND RICH THICK HARMONIES TOO…HE GAVE US
THIS GEM, THIS PRECIOUS SONG TO KEEP EDIFYING OUR FAITH....IN THE IN-BETWEEN
TIMES OF OUR LIVES......
I vow to praise You (when you gon' praise Him church?)
Through the good and the bad
I'll praise You (whether happy or sad)
Whether happy or sad (I will)
I'll praise You (thank you Jesus)
In all that I go through (yeah)
Because praise is what I do
'Cause I owe it all to You
Praise is what I do (even when I'm going through)
Even when I'm going through (say, I finally learned church)
I've learned to worship You
BELOVEDS, THESE ARE THANKFUL PRAISES AT THEIR BEST, THANKFUL PRAISES THAT ENCOURAGE AND TEACH
BELIEVERS NOT TO GIVE UP, NOT TO GIVE IN, SO THE NEXT MIRACLE CAN COME IN ON GOD’S CUE, IN DUE TIME....IN
GOD’S TIME.....AMEN?
THANKFUL PRAISE FOR THE SMALL MIRACLES TOO
MY UNITED METHODIST COLLEAGUE, REV LAURA PARKER, CLOSED OUT A DEVOTION WITH A POWERFUL
PRAYER....SHE WAS STRUGGLING BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE WOULD ROUTINELY PRAY FOR GOD TO WORK OUT THE
BIG MIRACLES SHE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH......SHE PRAYED FOR THOSE WHO HAD CANCER, FOR THE FRIEND
GIVING BIRTH AFTER GOING THROUGH A HIGH RISK PREGNANCY, FOR THE FOLKS GETTING MEDICAL TESTING FOR
CONDITIONS AND ANSWERS TO SITUATIONS PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED OR UNKNOWN......
SHE WENT ON TO WRITE,
“But I somehow think there are all sorts of tiny little miracles God wants to work every day in my life, if only I would
give these over with the same kind of fervent trust and prayer.
Wouldn’t it be a wonderful miracle if God could help
me think before I offer an opinion, maybe even just breathe for a moment or two first?
What kind of miracle would it
be if I would get out of bed a half-hour earlier and spend the time in my journal, putting pen to paper and making
sense out of the messy thoughts that sometimes crowd my vision and judgment?”
HERE’S THE PRAYER SHE PRAYED AND I SHARE IT WITH YOU TO REMEMBER THE TONE, AS YOU FASHION YOUR OWN
PRAYERS BEFORE THE LORD OUR GOD IN THE WEEK AHEAD....AS YOU PRAY, JUST TO MAKE IT DAY TO DAY, A YOU
PRAY FOR GOD TO MAKE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY, AS YOU PRAY TO FINALLY SEE AND SHARE IN YOUR NEXT MIRACLE
THE ONE GOD HAS YET TO UNFOLD....PRAY LIKE THIS:
Oh, God who created the universe and hung the sun and moon and stars in the sky above, thank you that
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