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A CHOICE SONG FOR THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD
TUESDAY, APRIL 30
Psalm 107:1-43
Acts 8:22-23
“Looking unto Jesus the author
and finisher of our faith …”
A CHOICE SONG FOR THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD
Psalm 107 is a choice song for the redeemed of the Lord (v.2). Although it celebrates the various kinds of God’s deliverances, and may be sung by any man preserved from danger, it magnifies rather the Lord for His protective care. The theme is thanksgiving and the reason for it. The construction of the Psalm is highly poetical.
Division:
1. The redemption of those in captivity (vv.1-3)
2. E.g. Travellers in their difficulties (vv.4-9)
3. Prisoners in iron bondage (vv.10-16)
4. The sick (vv.17-22)
5. Sailors tossed in a storm (vv.23-32)
6. God’s judgment on the rebellious and mercies to His own afflicted (vv.33-42)
7. Conclusion: those who study the works and ways of the Lord shall see His praise and goodness.
Spurgeon writes: “If we complained less, and praised more, we should be happier, and God would be more glorified. Let us daily praise God for common mercies: common as we frequently call them, and yet so priceless, that when deprived of them we are ready to perish… But, beloved, the sweetest and the loudest note in our songs of praise should be of redeeming love. God’s redeeming acts towards His chosen are for ever the favourite themes of their praise. If we know what redemption means, let us not withhold our sonnets of thanksgiving… Child of God, canst thou be silent? Awake, awake, ye heritors of glory, and lead your captivity captive, as ye cry with David, ‘Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.’”
THOUGHT: We are a lost people.
PRAYER: Lord, save me!