God’s salvation seems cheap to those not lost, God’s redemption isn’t sweet to those not bound or imprisoned. God’s love isn’t especially meaningful to those who haven’t been cheated, robbed or forgotten. In other words, if you haven’t cried out to God in desperation, you probably won’t seek his deliverance.
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We are listening to Psalm 107 from Book 5 of the Psalms. While it has some similarities to the two previous psalms (105-106), it has less emphasis on history and more on God's deliverance from a variety of human conditions. There are three main parts to this psalm: the first three verses or introduction, the many ways and situations God delivers us (vv. 4-32), and a meditation on God’s ways that calls for wisdom (vv. 33-43). Altogether, it’s a thanksgiving psalm for God’s deliverance that urges us to grow in wisdom.
Psalm 107 begins with praise, not lament. God's goodness, love and deliverance are highlighted. The psalm recalls specific ways God has delivered people in a wide variety of circumstances: from dry desert wanderings to watery ocean waves, from the darkness of prison to the foolishness of rebellion, from hunger and thirst and from sickness and discouragement. The last part of Psalm 107 is a wisdom psalm. It says God is fully able to reverse situations; he is the master of reversals in nature and in human fortunes. Wisdom teaches us to be humble and seek God’s will, because our situation can be reversed.
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