Psalm 105

“Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face evermore! Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth, O seed of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones!”  Psalm 105:1-6 (NKJV)

Do you remember the moment when the switch flipped?  That moment when you stepped across the “line of faith” when you first believed and said, “Jesus is Lord!”  I bet you did not decide to believe out of the blue.  You probably didn’t open the window on a spring day and say, “I’m going to become a Christian today!”  No. Someone shared the gospel with you.  It may have been a friend, a co-worker, a gospel track, a pastor, or some song or movie…but you believe because someone cared enough to present the gospel.  And that is our purpose in life, to know God and make Him known by retelling our great deliverance and how it is consistent with how God has ALWAYS delivered His people throughout history.  That is, we share our testimony through His Word.  How else will people believe on and follow Jesus?

“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!’ But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, ‘Lord, who has believed our report?’ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:14-17 (NKJV)

The way the community of believers (the Church) continues throughout the generations has little-to-nothing to do with our ability to remain contemporary or socially relevant.  It has EVERYTHING to do with our willingness to pursue the Bible, live according to it, and share its message with everyone we meet.  That is precisely the point of the psalmist and the apostle Paul, who wrote the New Testament book of Romans.  We do not simply need good communicators.  We need communicators who comprehensively know God’s Word and accurately convey it so that others can also know it.  How else will this faithless generation, the one in which we now live, obtain the faith to endure these present times?  We must place our hope in the Lord, Who brings out His children with gladness!  We must trust our unknown futures to the God, Who can only be known through the Holy Spirit’s illumination of Scripture, as we recall how He has been trustworthy from eternity-past up until now.  He, whose trustworthy Character never changes!

“For He remembered His holy promise, and Abraham His servant. He brought out His people with joy, His chosen ones with gladness. He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labor of the nations, that they might observe His statutes and keep His laws. Praise the Lord!” Psalm 105:42-45 (NKJV)