This miracle had been heralded abroad all over the land, and they could not deny that a god of great power was behind these people. Many faint at the second step. Think of that! How different the Bible is, for instance, from the Book of Mormon. 12 They are constantly in my thoughts. He did not appear only to one or two people, one or two women who might perhaps be subject to hallucinatory concepts because of the power of their emotions. Subject to permissions policy, all rights reserved. 1. forever, Ps. They use every weapon they can to do this, from sneering ridicule, such as calling evangelicals "crass literalists" and "obscurantists," who give themselves to "primitive concepts" and other such sneering terms to what we might call ponderous pseudo-scholarship, giving themselves to immense scholastic labors and utilizing what they call scientific methods which ultimately seek to destroy the credibility of the Scriptures. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. “Psalm 15”: This psalm raises the question of qualifications for service in the tabernacle (verse 1), then answers that question by describing the man who has personal purity … How puny do the problems we have been concerned about this week appear now as we compare them with the greatness of our God! Life was meaningless. An odd emotion struck me and I was numb for a week. There is no one like you Lord," (John 6:68). This formed the basis of faith for the Israelites throughout all their history. 13 Your way, O God, is holy; What god is great like our God? That is the trouble with ideas, with philosophies, theories or feelings. He is a holy, perfect being, complete in every detail. Faith is always strong when one is aware of these two mighty things. That is the important thing. 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.. 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.. 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. Then the thing to do is to start your thinking with the deeds of God. Your IP: 205.186.145.185 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. Despair is such a waste of time when there is joy, and lack of faith is such a waste of time when there is God. That is where this man has come. He was heading toward the total loss of faith. Stephen simply went back through the history of the nation and revealed how God had been dealing with them, (Acts 7:1-58). I have discovered that this is far better than the radio in turning a long trip into a short one. But then they expect some kind of an automatic reaction to occur. As Paul puts it, "these things were not done in a corner," (Acts 26:26). These deeds do not lie in the realm of ideas, philosophies, or speculations but they are hard, stubborn, concrete, confirmable things that happened in human history. "To whom shall we go," said the Apostle Peter, "You alone have the words of eternal life. My friends went away to college. Psalm 77:11, ESV: "I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old." Website © 2021 by Ray Stedman Ministries. To the leader: according to Jeduthun. The presence of the Christian church itself confirms that this event took place. Precious, &c., is the death of his saints — He sets a high price upon it: he will not easily grant it to the will of their enemies. This is what we need so much today. That is an unanswerable question. Psalm 77:11, KJV: "I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old." Ps 78:42; 105:5; 106:7. (Psalms 77:12 RSV). Jesus answered him, "Go back and tell John what you have seen, that the blind are given their sight, the lame are being healed, the deaf are made to hear, the lepers are being healed, and even the dead are brought to life," Matthew 11:4-6). The Book of Mormon mentions, for instance, the existence of cattle, sheep, camels, horses, and elephants, yet every archaeological excavation confirms the fact that not one of these animals were known on the American continent in the days of the Mayan, Incan and Aztec empires. Our Father, we pause at this moment to let our hearts express to you what our lips cannot, something of the awareness of the greatness of the Being whom we serve. I will remember the works of the Lord. That distinction is very important. But that is not the place to start with God! First, he gives it to us in a general statement. God has acted in history. But that is only one among millions who can testify to the change that is made by a resurrected Christ. This is the point where unbelief always makes its thrust. Cloudflare Ray ID: 63a6af627a745a1b 14 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.” Your ways, God, are holy. Time past, present and to come (with Psalms 39:4). That is one great advantage of deeds. He who walks uprightly,And works righteousness,And speaks the truth in his heart;He who does not backbite with his tongue,Nor does evil to his neighbor,Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;a. Psalm 17:15(NASB) Verse Thoughts How blessed are we who have been saved by grace through faith in Christ and how often we find encouragement, comfort, peace and hope in the Psalms of David, whose words so often reflect the joy we also have in the Lord and bring to our remembrance the many precious promises that are ours in Christ. 12 I will meditate on all your work, and muse on your mighty deeds. With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. We had evidence that he had lived. But if you have a verse of Scripture propped up on the window sill before you or a passage that you are trying to think through to an understanding of it, your kitchen sink can become the greatest altar you have ever experienced. Either the former part of his life, the … I wanted to receive this faith. All of this is simply an enormous attempt to break down the foundation of the activity of God in history, because that is where faith rests. They are contemporary. We walked along the shores of Galilee and saw a synagogue where perhaps Jesus himself had taught. The trustworthiness of revelation and … 77:11-15,16-20 that he regains his sense of trust in YHWH's character and actions on Israel's behalf. (Psalms 77:13 RSV). I realize that the statement, 'Christ is risen' is an advance upon the statement, 'the tomb is empty,' but it certainly includes it." They had heard the stories of the way God had opened up the Red Sea and taken the Israelites through. * [ 77:17 ] The deeps of the sea : Heb. (Psalms 77:11-12 RSV). Psalms 77:11-15. It is to begin with the deeds of the Lord, with his actions -- not his words, but his deeds. "Where do you begin in thinking about God?" Fly back my soul, away from present turmoil, to the grandeurs of history, the sublime deeds of Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts; for he is the same and is ready even now to defend his servants as in days of yore. Jesus underscored that when he said, "No man can live [as God intended him to live] by bread alone." If you think life is made up only of getting the things you need for your physical existence then you are living a very shallow and sub-human life. Have you ever said to someone else, "Look, what you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you say." I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. We have all learned that our feelings are not very reliable, that sometimes they deceive us, and so we seek to find confirming evidence outside us, something that we can touch or look at and thus confirm and strengthen the inward feelings we have. As the 11th Psalm puts it, "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" For instance, take the events of the Exodus when God led the people out of the land of Egypt. Mr 15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, **saw that he so cried out**, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the [a] Son of God [the gods]. All rights reserved. Thou are the God who workest wonders,   who has manifested thy might among the peoples. Psalm 25:14 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 25:14, NIV: "The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them." Notice three verbs (two the same) reappear in Ps. This is the problem with many, many people. Not only in the past but in the present. We must note another thing before we close. That’s the trust that was shown to be a great contrast to those who worshipped idols – as we already heard about in verse 7. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. He tells us just how he did it. I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 1. Everywhere you look there is a denial, from the evidence of the earth itself of these strange and spurious claims of the Book of Mormon. RayStedman.org/permissions. These kinds of people are highly prejudiced people who often strongly resist any attempt to broaden their vision. 16-19).7 Verse 20 appears to be an editorial attempt to relate verses 16-19 to the crossing of the Red Sea and, thus, to make it fit well with verses 11-15.8 Therefore, because verses 16-19 are a Psalm 22 ends with the declaration that the deliverance shall spark faith among the gentiles: The Wailing Wall contains the very stones that were once part of Solomon's temple in the heyday of the glory of Israel. who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." By that common expression we recognize that deeds are more fundamentally revealing of what a person is than his words. It is not until Ps. It is these unchangeable facts of God's actions. "Oh, no," he said, "Our faith doesn't rest on that." That was what was happening to this man in the 77th Psalm. This is where faith must rest. Handle me and see. He fed them in the wilderness, and took care of them in the desert, giving them water and food and going before them in a flaming pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day. Thus it was the deeds of God in history that convinced this man in his time of doubt. You can think even while you are working. But now hear what she says. There was a day when John the Baptist temporarily lost his faith. an assurance so powerful that it led to a deep conviction. (Psalms 11:3 RSV). Psalm 77:11-15 Once again I’ll go over what GOD has done, lay out on the table the ancient wonders; I’ll ponder all the things you’ve accomplished, and give a long, loving look at your acts. We must ask ourselves. 11 But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. That is the important thing. Then I said, "You are using language in a way no one else uses it, and quite opposite to the way it is commonly used in the normal course of human events." The Book of Mormon speaks of wars that were fought with metal weapons of brass, iron and steel. Let us recognize that our faith rests upon unshakable facts, the great realities of God's actions in human history. Psalm 77 God’s Mighty Deeds Recalled. Those stones are still there as a silent but powerful witness to the historic occurrence of these events recorded in the Old Testament. The answer is seen in this 11th verse. 77:7 - BDB 761 Psalm 139:17-18 then exclaims how delightful the knowledge of God is. They are something outside of us. Take especially the fact we have already mentioned, the supreme fact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (That sounds like the opening words of the 77th Psalm. The Psalms of Asaph are the twelve psalms numbered as 50 and 73–83 in the Masoretic Text, and as 49 and 72–82 in the Septuagint.They are located in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible (which is also called the Old Testament).Scholars have determined that a psalm's attribution to Asaph can mean a variety of things. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? (Psalms 77:11 RSV). Psalm 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. Deeds are far more fundamentally revealing of what people are than words. They bore witness to this fact. He had been caught up with himself and his circumstances and was therefore governed by his emotions. 77:7-8 Psalm 77:7 and 8 have four words or phrases that describe the psalmist's feeling that YHWH has permanently abandoned Israel. Here is another book that claims to be history. "Selah" appears at the end of Ps. 13 Your ways, O God, are holy. Matthew 11:3). and as I read I realized that I wanted God. I dare say that this is a major reason for the weakness of Christians today. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works. This is always what happens. Then the second problem, which grew out of the first, came upon him when he faced the fact that God seemingly ignored his prayer. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What god is great like our God? Your vision is stretched to take in the whole range of truth. I will muse on them. Thousands and even millions of people saw or participated in these things. The words of the Lord are tremendous words. I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord;   yea, I will remember thy wonders of old. In the Psalms they are forever referring back to these events when God opened up the Red Sea, led the children of Israel out, and brought the plagues upon Egypt that forced Pharaoh to open the door to them to go. Performance & security by Cloudflare. He says first, I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord; yea, I will remember thy wonders of Old. All I know is that now my life has changed and I now have joy in living. I said. These were the steps which brought him to his awareness of the greatness of God. Psalm 25:14, ESV: "The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant." Psalm 78:11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. I will remember the works of the Lord. Thus this man became aware of the incomparable greatness of God. I don't know a greater place for a woman to meditate than while washing the dishes. But he appeared to groups of two, and five, and several times eleven; and on one occasion he appeared to over five hundred individuals at once. They feel just to think about the event should do something for them. What is so noteworthy about that? Paul makes a special point of identifying the risen Christ with the empty tomb. Here is the trouble with many Christians. How do you explain the changes in the apostles, the tremendous psychological differences between their actions before the resurrection and afterward? You can see how this is true all through the Scriptures. In the first place, these deeds of God derive their value from the fact that they are objective evidence. It is extremely important that we learn the lesson this psalmist learned and which he has recorded particularly for our benefit in times of doubt, to begin our thinking with the deeds of God. (Psalm 139:15-16). 11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. 1-15) to exultation (vss. The Book of Mormon speaks of chariots with wheels but they didn't even know the use of the wheel in the American continent except for toys for children, but they had no wheeled carriages and no wheeled vehicles of any kind. And when the saints suffer it for God’s sake, as they frequently do, it is a most acceptable sacrifice to him, and highly esteemed by him. These all saw him in his risen, resurrected body. A Psalm. … 15 You have by Your [] power redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Then a strange thing happened. Psalm 31 Meaning Psalm 31 15 Commentary 15 My times are in thy hand: So, David confesses his total trust in the Lord. Take the great facts of the New Testament. 14 You are the God who works wonders; you have displayed your might among the peoples. Thy way, O God, is holy. That is the helpful thing about this psalm, and all the psalms, for in these wonderful poetic passages, so beautiful in their language, so soothing in their effect, so true to the experience of the heart, we have the reports of men and women who have faced the problems we must face in the spiritual life and have recorded for us, step by step, the way they were led to the solution of these problems. We must now take up those same verses and look at them more in detail. The opening verses of this 77th Psalm record for us the emotional distress the psalmist experienced when he faced a very troublesome problem in his life which brought him to God, crying out in heartache and anguish. I have never experienced anything like it. doesn't it?). He had heard them from men and women whom he believed in, and yet these tales were so incredible that Thomas could not bring himself to accept them even when he heard them from people he trusted. That is always the ground of faith. 14 You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples. Life will never take on the dimension of depth and richness it should have if we do not give ourselves to reading and understanding the words of God. He frankly and boldly acknowledges it. We begin on a narrow, limited plane and we are restricted to that plane. I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me. I wanted there to be a meaning to life. What god is so great as our God? Suddenly there came a strong assurance that there was indeed a God. You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. The empty tomb is not important to Christian faith?" I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. This is why these historic facts of Christian faith are so continually under attack. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. He said, "Not to my thinking. I will consider all your works. Once having occurred, these facts remain in human history. 2. In the 77th Psalm we have a report, given for our benefit, by a man who almost lost his faith, but who found his way back eventually to greater faith and trust in God than ever before. Where am I going in this despair and defeatism?" (Psalms 77:11-12 RSV) As you read, on it is very apparent that this man, at this point, has experienced a great change in his thinking. God is the great Being who encompasses all other facts within himself. We stood at the foot of the hill where Jesus was crucified and saw that it is indeed shaped like a skull. It is not enough to recall what God does. 12 I will meditate on all Your work And muse on Your deeds. But every archaeological excavation in the Americas denies flatly the Book of Mormon. Turn off your television sets and think about what God has said! "I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord," he says. Paul says that many of them were still alive when he was writing to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 15:6), seeking to convey these facts to them. The psalmist reveals also the process by which he saw the value of God's deeds. Furthermore, deeds are timeless. In the 77th Psalm we have a report, given for our benefit, by a man who almost lost his faith, but who found his way back eventually to greater faith and trust in God than ever before. but not one of these metals were employed as weapons of war in the Americas. Psalm 77:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Psalm 77:11, NIV: "I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago." He who walks uprightly: In describing the character of the man who can live in God’s presence David begins with two general descriptions (walks uprightly, and works righteousness).i. When the writer began to do that, then the answer came. He saw that it was plunging him right back into uncertainty and confusion and the lack of an authoritative word about life. The psalms are filled with this kind of thing, and it carries on throughout the whole Bible. That is step number one. The conclusion that he ultimately comes to is the holiness and greatness of God. Psalm 31 Meaning Psalm 31 14 15 Commentary 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. It was at that time I learned I had muscular dystrophy. We don't want to think about events. Man was never intended to live by bread alone but "by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God." On one occasion Thomas, the disciple, doubted the stories he had heard of the resurrection. "I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times." Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity. Did he argue with him? All these events, by and large, were events in which whole nations were involved. Lord we pray that we may quiet our hearts and rest our faith where it ought to be resting; on One who is unchangeable, whose way is holy, and who can lead us step by step through all of life. That is the only solid ground on which faith can rest. the rest of Psalm 77 by the absence of "selah" after verse 15 and the change in mood from contemplation (vss. He had walked through these places, as the Bible records. A certain part of my mind can handle the activities of driving, if I am not facing any traffic problem, and I can give myself to thinking about Scripture passages. There Abraham is buried. Thou didst with thy arm redeem thy people,   the sons of Jacob and Joseph. What did he see in these works of God? No longer does life have no goal. What god is as great as our God? No longer is the universe chaotic. No, He simply said, "Come, Thomas, put your hand in my side and feel the wounds in my hands. You can see how this is true even on the human level. For a long time I have been bitter about life. (Psalms 77:13 RSV). This was her experience of conversion, though it may not be the same for any other person. It is an encouragement to some of us perhaps to realize that a man like John could lose faith; this man of whom Jesus said, "No man has ever been born of women greater than John the Baptist." It is I, the same one, risen from the dead," John 20:26-27). NKJV, JPSOA). I clipped this out of Decision Magazine, where someone has written this account of her own story. 13 O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a •god as God? 3. What a testimony! LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? But when you have deeds and events that can be seen and witnessed by many, then there is a confirmation from various people, ruling out the possibility of hallucinations or imaginations. Yet, as we stood there, four thousand years of history rolled away for here was the exact place the Bible records as the cave where Abraham was buried. 13 Your way, O God, is holy. Pilate also marveled at the speedy death. She says. For Thomas these were merely words. There is absolutely no other place we can turn. Psalms 77:11-15 KJV. Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy … A Psalm of David. Now he realizes that he has come before one who is incomparable. The only one who can witness to what you feel is you. In one sense David speaks from an Old Covenant perspective. Now this man has come to understand more fully the thought that stopped his downward decline. who shall dwell in thy holy hill? We are so made that we live between an unalterable past and an uncertain future, with no time in our possession except that changing line which we call the present. What is the significance of this event?". You can meditate like this while you are washing the dishes. That is the value of deeds and especially the deeds of God. This great pioneer of faith who lived two thousand years on the other side of Calvary's cross -- as far distant from the cross on that side as we are on this side. How futile and insignificant are the strutting pretensions of man; these great nations with their atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs in which they put such trust, how little they appear in the face of the greatness of a God like thee! We saw many of the scenes that are mentioned in the Bible and all served as confirming evidence that this was not merely a dream. I went down to Hebron and went into the building built over the Cave of Machpelah. • I fought hard against this disease, and exercised hard, but to no avail. Take again the resurrection of Christ. We could see the eye-sockets and the shallow caves that form the mouth and knew why the Hebrew people called it "the place of the skull." Then, in Psalm 139:19-22 he affirms his loyalty to the Lord and in Psalm 119:23-24, invites Him to examine his inner life by purging him from all that hinders his walking in “the way everlasting.” “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” Meaning 1: God Intimately Knows Us. I find that some of the most valuable and glorious times of understanding of what God is doing come when I meditate on the Scriptures as I am driving on the highways or in the city. Furthermore, how do you explain what happens to people all over the world and which has been happening for twenty centuries, if this resurrection is not a fact? The minute we allow ourselves to be governed by our emotions we short-circuit the processes that God intended to govern in our lives. All of these events were proof that God was at work and it was the kind of proof that could be tested by the evidence of the senses. • Finally, this man saw where he was heading and for a moment his slide to despair was stopped. "I will meditate on them, think about them, concentrate upon these, until I see the meaning of these events." 1 (A Psalm of David.) Faith takes time and thought! The deeds of God in history! Selah. When we went into the temple area we stood in the very place on which Solomon's temple had once stood, also the temple of Herod, the place where Jesus had walked. He saw in a flash what he had been doing and that he had begun in the wrong place. We walked on the paving stones where Jesus stood before Pilate. All I could see was what I had missed. What do deeds do to strengthen our faith like this?" It was not an illusion. this deep faith and peace. (Psalms 77:14-15 RSV). They seek to destroy the credibility of the deeds of God in history. 77:11-20. "I will remember -- call to mind," these things. But the thing that led him to this was his understanding of the supernatural power and the redemptive love of God. That is why it is so important to resist these attempts to destroy the credibility of the Scriptures, to expose the error of their arguments and the foolishness of these claims that are so widely accepted on every side today. How does it affect me? This is what the psalmist is making clear to us. We saw the place where the Roman soldiers had scratched games in the rocks as they waited for the judgments to end in the court. He said, "But I don't believe that is important." But it isn't like that. I would be watching, and when you gave the invitation for the viewers to receive Jesus into their lives, I sat back and listened, but actually I heard nothing. You cannot unless the resurrection be a fact. I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. But the Bible is grounded in history and that is why you can test the reality of these events today. tehom ; the same word is used in Gn 1:2 , where it alludes to the primeval seas which in ancient Semitic cosmography are tamed by God in creation, cf. I here is instead God. I only grew weaker. As long as our faith is resting upon subjective feelings within, we are unsure and uncertain. How else can you explain this strange group of people all through history who have been absolutely convinced that Jesus Christ rose from the dead? It isn't the empty tomb that is important. I started reading it. The whole of the Bible we call the Word of God and those words of God are extremely important to human life. 14 You are the God of great wonders! Psa 77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. In the New Testament, when the first Christian martyr, Stephen, was about to be stoned to death outside the gate, he sought to bring home to the unbelieving Jews the fact that God was at work in their nation at that time and he attacked their unbelief by tracing the history of God's dealings with the people. In this passage, we see that the “right hand of the Most High” involves all of His works, all of His wonders, all of His doings. What had dispirited them? There is no one like God. 13 O God, your ways are holy. We saw in a very general way that he learned that the place to begin in his thinking was with God. Oftentimes I can spend an hour or two thinking about these things and the time goes by so fast that I arrive at my destination hardly realizing that an hour or so has gone by. Second, I will meditate on all thy work,   and muse on thy mighty deeds. It seemed that it had dealt me a dirty blow, for ever since I was 12 years old I have been waiting for death to close in on me. Surely I will remember thy wonders of old. They can be seen by others as well as us. Instead of doubt and despair, as was expressed in the opening verses, there is now voiced a growing sense of confidence and of peace, which he expresses in prayer to God . This is what the psalmist is telling us here. 15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. That is the conclusion to which he finally came. 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