Praise ADONAI [the LORD], call upon His Name. Make known His deeds among the peoples. Psalm 105:1, TLV

Need a Faith Builder?        What a beautiful psalm! Need a faith-builder? Read all of Psalm 105. The first six verses are pure worship with moments of praise. When we lived in the Philly area the wife of our rabbi wrote a worship song based on this passage. I can hear it now in my heart and see the Davidic worship dancers in my mind. What a beautiful image.

The subsequent verses speak of the LORD’s covenants with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — Israel. The most profound:

He remembers His covenant forever—
the word He commanded for a thousand generations— (vs. 8, TLV)

The next set of verses go into specifics of the Children of Israel’s journey from slavery to freedom. Remembering the journey of each impossible reality can build up our faith. Worth remembering, yes?

Most likely we all have unanswered prayers. We may be weary and frustrated, but as with the Patriarchs and the general Jewish population, we too have experienced freedom from the slavery of sin. No doubt, we have our own stories of God’s intervention in our lives. Remembering those God-events are especially important while we’re waiting for those reconciliations, those breakthroughs, healing, those lost loved ones’ returns. Remembering builds our faith.

Sharing the Wonders

Make known those wonders to others by our contented and grateful hearts and our words — and maybe even our praise. Let our Heavenly Father know how grateful we are to be His redeemed children. Praise Him and His Son, call upon His Name. Because He is good, and He is our Dad.

Think More About It

How do you build up your faith?

May we remember and build our faith, my friends.

Praying for Israel—Prayer Prompt

My God, my soul is downcast within me!
Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and from the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mitzar.
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls.
All Your waves and breakers have swept over me. Psalm 42:7-8, TLV

A great way to pray for Israel is to remember God’s deliverances for thousands of years. I’m reading a book on Jewish thought and the author essentially says that there is no past for the Jewish people. Their past is their present and vice versa. Remembering is at the core of Judaism. The people remember God’s presence in their lives and remembering their presence in history. Heady stuff. Keeping simple, we can pray this passage that reminds them of God’s intervention on Israel’s behalf. Amen? God bless you.