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Remembering God’s Marvelous Works: Covenant and Care
August 6, 2026 · 12 min
Reflect on God’s everlasting covenant with Abraham and His faithful protection; be encouraged to proclaim His deeds to others.
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Call to Thanksgiving and Praise 0:10 Good morning and welcome to the Oasis of Praise as our journey through the book of Psalms continues today, just 1 Psalm, Psalm 1 0 5, which is a historical Psalm of thanksgiving, praise, and worship. Verse0:21 4, seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face forevermore. Now the 1st 15 verses might appear familiar because they are. We actually read them in 1st0:33 Chronicles chapter 16, where it reads that David delivered this psalm of thanksgiving to the Lord into the hand of Asaph after the Ark of the Covenant was brought to Jerusalem.0:45 Alright. Let's begin. Verse 1. 0, give thanks to the lord. Call upon his name. Make known his deeds among the people. Sing to him. Sing Psalms to him. Talk of all his wondrous works.0:57 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 wonders1:09 and the judgments of his mouth. Now we could, actually, this could serve as a outline for a Sunday morning worship service. It but it's more about how we should order our1:21 lives. Okay? It's not just about what we do on a Sunday morning, but it's what we do with our lives. With thankful hearts remembering each and every day the goodness of God. Here1:33 is what we are called to do just in the 1st 5 verses. Look at this. Give thanks. Give thanks to to God because that's the doorway into his presence. Call upon his1:45 name. He is the 1 we worship, and his name is powerful. Make known his deeds. What has god done in your life? Make it known. Sing Psalms1:57 to the lord. Sing his word. Sing his word. Cultivate cultivate joy in your heart by singing his word, and then talk of all his wondrous works. Now2:09 last week, when we were on vacation in the Smoky Mountains, I enjoyed being outside in god's creation. I thoroughly did because his power and his glory are evident. I would sit out every2:21 morning as the sun it was still dark when I would get up and go out on the back porch, but watch the sunrise and see the outline of the mountains. They're majestic, and it reflects who god is. You know,2:33 technology has enabled enabled us to see even more of God's wondrous works. In my annual physical that I I get, the the doctor does a sonogram of my2:45 of my heart just to make sure everything's functioning as it should, and I'm grateful that it is. But the 1st time I did it, a few years back, the doctor reviewed the results, and he showed me the valves and how they2:56 worked. You know, it was a video. It was pretty interesting. And and I just asked this question rhetorically. How could that intricate precise function just happen?3:09 And he's a believer too. He said it couldn't. Of course not. It was by God's design. Just 1 of the many, many marvelous works of God. Alright. Number 5.3:21 Number 6, we're to glory in his name. Glory not in our efforts or our accomplishments, but glory in the Lord. Number 7, rejoice in your heart as you seek him. We're to be joyful.3:33 We're to rejoice. Now that doesn't mean that we're always happy. A lot of things happen that doesn't make me they don't make me happy, but I strive to have joy by being grateful to the3:45 Lord. Number 8, seek the Lord and his strength. In Ephesians chapter 6, it says, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. Seek his face. That's a relationship.3:56 Alright? Not his hand not his hand of provision, but his face, his a relationship with him. And then 10, remember his marvelous works. Notice that this is the 3rd4:08 call to make known, to talk about or remember the great things god has done. Now this is something we should do. Let me ask you a question. When's the last time you told someone4:20 what god had done in your life? Today would be a great day to share that with someone. Alright. Verses 6 through 11, God's covenant with Israel.4:32 Oh, seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones, he is the Lord our God. His judgments are in all the earth. While Jehovah, the self existing 1, is the God of his4:44 people. He is also, as we've talked about before, God overall. Even if he is not the Lord of your life, he is still God. Verse 8, he remembers his covenant forever,4:56 the word which he commanded for 1000 generations, the covenant which he made with Abraham and his oath with Isaac and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute to Israel as an everlasting covenant,5:08 saying to you, I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment for your inheritance. Right? It's everlasting. That commitment is without end. Verses 12 through 15, we read of God's5:20 care for his people. When they were few in number, indeed very few, and strangers in it, when they went from 1 nation to another, from 1 kingdom to another people, he permitted no 1 to do them wrong. Yes, he rebuked5:32 kings for their sake saying, do not touch touch my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm. Now here, we see God's supernatural protection. Even though5:44 Abraham, whom this is referring to, doubted God, Remember, he lied a couple times to protect himself. God watched over him anyway because of God's5:56 purposes. This is why we want to live on purpose with purpose, and that is God's purpose. We don't want to make our purpose God's purpose. We wanna make God's purpose6:08 our purpose. Right? We wanna live for him according to his purpose. We do not have to live in fear of anything if we fear God. God's6:19 purposes and his plans for your life will be accomplished if you are living in a relationship of obedience to him. If and when6:31 death comes, and it will come unless the lord returns, it will be in the timing of god. So you don't have to live in fear. Now don't be foolish, but don't be fearful.6:43 Verses 16 through 22 is god's call of Joseph. Moreover, he called for a famine in the land. He destroyed all the provisions of bread. He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They hurt his6:55 feet with fetters. He was laid in irons. Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him. Now Joseph was tested and refined by the word of the Lord,7:07 by the promises of God. Alright? Let let me let me unpack this. For 13 approximately 13 years, the events of his life seem to to be leading in the opposite direction ofGod's Eternal Covenant and Protection 7:19 God's promises rather than toward their fulfillment. Yet through the fire of affliction, God was refining and purifying Joseph's faith and7:30 character, preparing him to faithfully endure and ultimately enjoy the fulfillment of his promises of God's promises. So don't lose7:42 sight of God's promises in your life. The promises that God has made in his word. Do not lose sight of those promises. Hold on to them even in theJoseph's Testing and Refining 7:54 fire. Alright. Verses, 23 through 38, we have God's direction Verse 24, he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies. He turned theirExodus: Opposition and Deliverance 8:06 hearts to hate his people to deal craftily with his servants. Now this verse is speaking of God turning the hearts of the Egyptians against God's people to to hate them. So why why would God do such a thing? Well,8:17 1st, it made them become separate, right, to to come out from among. It prepared them for the exit by making the8:29 place uncomfortable for them. You know, without oppression, I think Israel would have not left Egypt. And without opposition, the children of Israel would not have had8:41 a story that would sustain the nation even to this day. And as we've discussed before in the spiritual application of the Old Testament, Egypt represents the world.8:53 And I believe this is what is happening today. As the world becomes increasingly hostile toward Christians, it's a reminder that this is not our home. It is not the land of promise. So get ready.9:05 An exit is coming. Verse 26. And he sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. They performed his signs among them and wonders in the land of Ham. Now 8 of the 10 plagues that God9:17 sent sent are listed. The 5th and 6th are not included, and they are not these what we have here in the Psalm is not in the exact order of the Exodus account. Biblical scholars9:29 point to the fact that Psalms here is a liturgical hymn that celebrates the historical acts of God. It's not a historical chronicle. Verse 38. Egypt was9:41 glad when they departed, for the fear of them them had fallen upon them. And then finally, we have God leading them into the promised land of verses 39 through 45. He spread a cloud for a covering and a fire to give9:52 light in the night. The people asked, and he brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock and water gushed out. It ran in the dry places like a river, for he remembered his holy10:04 promise in 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 theProvision, Inheritance, and Obedience 10:16 nations, that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Praise the Lord. Now what was the the underlying reason that God blessed them by giving them land10:28 that was already cultivated, houses already built in the promised land? Did you see it? He blessed them so that they might follow and obey him. God's10:40 blessings are not because we're good, but because God is good. May God's goodness cultivate in our hearts gratitude that we would seek10:52 1st the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Father, thank you for your word, and thank you, Lord, for just reminding us of how how marvelous your works11:03 are. And, Lord, I do pray that we would be grateful that we would have gratitude in our hearts or out of that gratitude would be joy, just knowing that you're11:15 at work in our lives. And I pray, father, that we would tell others of the wonders wonderful things you've done in our lives. Lord, it might seem insignificant to some, but others, it might just be just what they11:27 need to hear. And the encouragement and the hope that they need by seeing God working in our lives, they can know that he will work in their lives as well. Father, give us all a story to tell,11:39 and may we tell it loudly and boldly and compassionately that others might come to know you as their savior and lord. For we pray this in Jesus' name, amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me11:51 this morning, and until next time, keep standing on the word.11:56 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you12:08 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Call to Thanksgiving and Praise7:09 God's Eternal Covenant and Protection7:45 Joseph's Testing and Refining8:01 Exodus: Opposition and Deliverance10:06 Provision, Inheritance, and Obedience
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