Psalms 44:1
O God, we have heard with our ears,
our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.
Tag: Strength in God.
God has done great things. We have heard of them from the days before. We have seen them in ourselves as our lives have unfolded. In this Psalm the writer simply wants us to recall the great things God has done. Later in the Psalm we read he is in a bad place. But, he starts out by stating he is going to recall the great things God has done for him. He doesn't take credit for the victory in his life. Therefore, in the midst of these struggles he is not going to claim his own strength, wisdom or might. Only God has delivered him in the past and only God can deliver in the present. Today we have so many who believe that God saves them from their sins and then attempt to live their lives in their own strength thereafter. God is the God who saves us from our sins in the past and gives us daily strength to overcome sin today. God is the God who sets us free from the shackles of sin and the prison of death AND gives us strength to deal with the day-to-day issues of life that tangible us into a web of impotence. God is the God of saving strength and delivering strength.
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