11I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds."
13Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?
14You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
15With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
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19Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.
20You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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The psalmist remembers God‘s past miracles. He considers and meditates onGod‘s works. - P101
He recalls how God displayed His power among the nations andredeemed His people. He speaks of God‘s power over nature and of how Heled His people like a flock through Moses and Aaron.co - P101
Amid his cries of heartache and pain, the psalmist pauses. By appealing to God’s previous acts of deliverance, he seeks comfort in and deliverance from his current circumstances. - P102
The psalmist does more than simply remember these things, however; he meditates upon them. - P101
Meditation seems to be a lost discipline among many Christians today. We face so many distractions that we must actively choose to slow down and be with God - P102
It is one thing to routinely go about our daily devotions, Bible reading, and prayer. - P102
It is another thing entirely to take time to slow down and be still before our God. But like the psalmist, our souls can draw comfort from reflecting upon God’s mighty works. - P102
Sometimes, the path God chooses for us leads through the sea. It is there,
where we are utterly powerless, that God parts the mighty waters. It is obvious from the mention of Moses and Aaron that the psalmist is referring toGod‘s parting of the Red Sea, where He delivered His people from Pharaohand his armies. - P102
However, these words of sacred Scripture are not limitedto that one miraculous deliverance. The psalmist is remembering this because he seeks God‘s miraculous deliverance from his present circumstances.
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Could it be that God, at this time in your life, is leading you through a seawhose mighty waters only He can part? If so, rejoice! Your faith is beingrefined and will soon shine like gold. - P102
"In all our hardest wrestlings, we are not bound to the narrow fences of our ownpersonality, our own power, our own past: we are bound to Christ himself."-ScottHubbard - P102
Lord, You are the God who parts the waters. You lead Your people in paths of righteousness, even when those paths go through raging seas. - P103
I praise You for Your mighty works today, tomorrow, and forever. In Jesus’ name, amen. - P103
2 Corinthians 10:5 NLT
[5] We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. - P103
Naturally, thousands of thoughts go through our minds every day. However, what the Bible warns us about is not that thoughts will come knockingon our front door, but rather that we have to be very careful which thoughtswe invite in.
In 2 Corinthians 10:5, Scripture instructs us, "We demolisharguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledgeof God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
How can we take our thoughts captive on a practical level? One way is tobe purposeful about the things we focus on. - P103
When negative thoughts ariseand we start to feel discouraged or hopeless, we have to remember that wehave a choice in where we direct our minds. - P103
Today‘s passage is a reminderthat when we choose to focus on the incredible things that God has alreadydone in our lives, our dismay will quickly turn into gratitude and oursorrow into joy. - P103
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