OzThoughts – Monday 1st September, 2008

OzThoughts – Monday 1st September, 2008

1-6 Hallelujah! Thank God! Pray to him by name!
Tell everyone you meet what he has done!
Sing him songs, belt out hymns,
translate his wonders into music!
Honour his holy name with Hallelujahs,
you who seek God. Live a happy life!
Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works;
be alert for signs of his presence.
Remember the world of wonders he has made,
his miracles, and the verdicts he's rendered—
O seed of Abraham, his servant,
O child of Jacob, his chosen.
Psalm 105:1-6 (The Message)

As I read this Psalm yesterday, my reaction was ‘What a wonderful Psalm for the start of the week’. It starts with things we can do including praising God, then witnessing, using songs, hymns and music and hallelujahs to express our praise.

I noticed though this portion of the Psalm did not stop there. It suggests to me not to get so wrapped up in praise and witness, to miss out on seeing what God is doing. I should watch for his presence and what he is doing.

This week, I will not only praise him for what he has done but look for opportunities to praise him for what he is doing now.

Have we not known it, have we not heard it?
Power unto God belongs.
Yet do we daily find in his mercy
Themes for the sweetest songs;
Healing the wounded, raising the fallen,
Making the blind to see,
Saying to all who seek his face
These precious words of redeeming grace:

Chorus
No more! No more! He remembers sins no more,
They are pardoned for ever, And he will never
Bring them up against me any more.
I'll hear no more
Of the evil days of yore;
I'm a pardoned offender,
And God will remember them no more.

Joy-bursts of singing gaily are springing
With every day that starts;
If we were silent then would the stones cry
Shame on our fainting hearts.
O banish sadness, sing now for gladness
Glory in Christ, the Lord!
Who is a God like unto thee,
One who can pardon iniquity?

Safe in the dark day; safe in the bright day;
Safe till my latest breath;
There is endurance in this assurance,
Stronger than fear of death.
When the accuser comes to the judgment,
Seeking my soul to claim,
I have a token in the blood.
I have the word of a pardoning God.
Author: Albert Orsborn (1886-1967)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 724


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