1 Shout with joy to God, all the earth!
2 Sing the glory of his name;
make his praise glorious!
3 Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.
4 All the earth bows down to you;
they sing praise to you,
they sing praise to your name."
Selah
5 Come and see what God has done,
how awesome his works in man's behalf!
6 He turned the sea into dry land,
they passed through the waters on foot—
come, let us rejoice in him.
7 He rules forever by his power,
his eyes watch the nations—
let not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah
8 Praise our God, O peoples,
let the sound of his praise be heard;
9 he has preserved our lives
and kept our feet from slipping.
10 For you, O God, tested us;
you refined us like silver.
11 You brought us into prison
and laid burdens on our backs.
12 You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but you brought us to a place of abundance.
13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and fulfill my vows to you-
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice fat animals to you
and an offering of rams;
I will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened;
19 but God has surely listened
and heard my voice in prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!
Eunice: Today's Psalm is really an awesome praise to the Lord. vs 10 -12 says that God brought the trials n testings. He laid bricks on our back, then bring us to a land of abundance. Its like a construction worker, working under the big hot sun, all the toil n all. This hardship that I cannot imagine. The abundance, is the $$ they get at the end of the day, to send it home, or the dinner that they have after work. I mean, its just an analogy, but yet,Pastor Khong said on Sunday : if you've nv been through hard times, you will nv cherish the good ones. I want to be the one that will tell the world like in vs 16, of what the Lord has done for me! and vs 19 really assures me that, God listens and hears my prayers. and.. come on sisters.. Tell the world that Jesus lives! =)
Chin Ling: This psalm reminded me that there is a season for everything. A season of trials for God's people to draw nearer, a season of abundance for God's people to rejoice in him. A season of waiting for, God's people to come and pray to him in desperation. A season for everything... but in every season, Shout and Bow down,Sing praise to the Lord!
Dellia: Reading the Psalm & also Ps Debra's devotional book has reminded me that I must praise God for everything! Today I wanna share with all of you how good God has been to me. OH...the Lord has blessed us with a vacancy in another child care & wow...as I thought of it....it was really a miracle....because there were so many applications...but yet, we were given the priority!! Haaa..chin chin...this is true right?? yeah...so God is good! Remember to always praise & declare His favour on your life!
Sara: For me, i was brought back to verses 10 onwards, and I'm trying to remind myself that the Lord's testing and trials upon is with the purpose of refining us, and more importantly, He does it because He loves me! He has his reason for doing everything, even if my simple mind cannot comprehend. Just to share, last week i actually had to teach my kids about the parable of the landowner and the workers in his vineyard, and to my surprise, I myself could not agree with the reasoning behind it. (Matthew 20:1-16) The landowner promised a denarius to those whom he asked to work in his vineyard... so that was the thing - The worker who worked for 12 hrs got one denarius, and the worker who worked for 1 hr also got one denarius! but was it unfair? the landowner did fulfill his promise right. BUT to me honestly, if I were the worker who worked 12 hrs, i would have felt real cheated, and disgruntled. why other ppl work 1 hr, and they can get the same as what i earned for 12 hrs of work?!
The point is, if we focus on other people's blessings and start comparing and grow disgruntled, we might actually miss out on God's purpose & work in our lives. And this hit me really bad even after Sun's Barnabas..because i think of my own life, and I know that im obstinate, and even after reading this, i will still struggle if i was the worker who worked 12 hrs for 1 denarius.. because it is such human nature to compare... sigh.... what a hard lesson...
Huijuan: Thank God i fell sick cos i was able to jus rest at home sleeping. Sometimes i jus marvel that God's goodness in my life, so many blessings..thank God.
Crow: Praise the Lord!!!!!
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