Do you remember the wonders the Lord has shown you?
We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the Lord,
about his power and his mighty wonders. Psalm 78:4
Wonder-Working God,
As a lover of stories,
I’ve always appreciated Asaph’s call
to tell the stories of the “glorious deeds,
about his power and his mighty wonders” (Psalm 78:4).
Psalm 78 vividly portrays the terrible things that happen
when we forget to remember and tell the stories of your deliverance:
The Israelites forgot how you had divided the sea
so they could escape from the Egyptians,
and they became “stubborn and rebellious” (Psalm 78:8).
The Ephraimites forgot that you were their covenant-keeping King,
their chief warrior,
and they turned and ran away in the day of battle (Psalm 78:9).
What stories of your mighty wonders have we forgotten?
How you came to a teenage girl
who never went to church
and surrounded her with delightful and loving Christians,
who showed her the way to hope in the midst of darkness?
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Everyday, may we remember the most wonder-full news:
You remembered your compassion
and sent your Son to deliver us from our sins (Psalm 78:38).
In his saving name. Amen.
Read Psalm 78:1-72.
