Re-member! Psalms 75-79

May the mumbling commence!

Remembering is essential.  It re-members.  Remembering brings us together before our Lord.  It becomes even more important when we traverse the deep valleys of sorrow that our lives often hold.  It’s in this context that Psalm Seventy-seven ends.  Read the ending of it below:

O God, your ways are holy.

Is there any god as mighty as you? 

You are the God of miracles and wonders!

You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations. 

You have redeemed your people by your strength,

the descendants of Jacob and of Joseph by your might.

Interlude 

When the Red Sea saw you, O God,

its waters looked and trembled!

The sea quaked to its very depths. 

The clouds poured down their rain;

the thunder rolled and crackled in the sky.

Your arrows of lightning flashed. 

Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;

the lightning lit up the world!

The earth trembled and shook. 

Your road led through the sea,

your pathway through the mighty waters—

a pathway no one knew was there! 

You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep,

with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds. (Verses 13-20)

God is holy and mighty, awesome and strong.  God is the Great I Am.  God lives and does.  Miracles and wonders flow through the Lord of all creation.

God takes the chaos and uncertainty in our lives and tames it.  Though it’s like the untamable deep waters of the sea, God tames it.  God makes a way even though it looks impossible.

With God all things are possible.

Let us look to our spiritual leaders.  Let us look to our Moses’ and Aaron’s.  Let’s look and remember that they are only representatives of the Lord God Almighty.

Remembering is essential for unity amidst diversity.  Remember all the times God has provided for you in desperate situations.  Each of us has our desert times.  God provided… maybe not in a way we expected, but our needs were filled.  

God will take care of us now and will lead us capably into the future.  I have no doubt.  Let’s seek to follow the Holy Spirit of the living God.

Enough mumbling for now…

Peace Out