God Honors Covenants with Abraham

God Destroys and Recreates

Abraham and Sarah Birth God's People

Psalm 105:1-15 The Message

105 1-6 Hallelujah!
Thank God! Pray to him by name!
    Tell everyone you meet what he has done!
Sing him songs, belt out hymns,
    translate his wonders into music!
Honor his holy name with Hallelujahs,
    you who seek God. Live a happy life!
Keep your eyes open for God, watch for his works;
    be alert for signs of his presence.
Remember the world of wonders he has made,
    his miracles, and the verdicts he’s rendered—
        O seed of Abraham, his servant,
        O child of Jacob, his chosen.
7-15 He’s God, our God,
    in charge of the whole earth.
And he remembers, remembers his Covenant—
    for a thousand generations he’s been as good as his word.
It’s the Covenant he made with Abraham,
    the same oath he swore to Isaac,
The very statute he established with Jacob,
    the eternal Covenant with Israel,
Namely, “I give you the land.
    Canaan is your hill-country inheritance.”
When they didn’t count for much,
    a mere handful, and strangers at that,
Wandering from country to country,
    drifting from pillar to post,
He permitted no one to abuse them.
    He told kings to keep their hands off:
“Don’t you dare lay a hand on my anointed,
    don’t hurt a hair on the heads of my prophets.”

For Reflection

Who are God's people?  "...you who seek God," those who are from the "seed of Abraham," and those in God's covenantal relationship are God's people. God provides and protects God's people.  God has an eternal covenant with Israel and the same covenant with those who seek God.  God excludes no one who lives up to God's expectations for human lives.

Pray

Pray so that you will understand the blessing of God's covenantal relationships.  Pray so that you can live a life worthy of God's trust in you.


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