Psalm 77 - Follow God. Psalm 78 - Teach Your Children

 

Psalm 77- Follow God

 

Joyless days of trouble and sleepless nights of despair plagued the Psalmist, not because of unbelief but because of faith. Because he believed in the Lord, he wrestled with himself and with God. He could not understand why the Lord did not keep His promises and deliver His people from bondage. What do you do in a situation like that?

Of course, you pray and tell God just how you feel. Reach out to Him, but do not refuse the comfort He sends. He will remind you of His past works and wonders, and the more you meditate on them, the better you will feel.

Asaph meditated on Israel’s exodus from Egypt and recalled that God kept the people walking by the Red Sea, that it was night, and that deliverance came just in the nick of time. The people were afraid and certain that God had forgotten them, but He showed His power and humiliated the enemy.

His way is a holy way, and a hidden way. You need not understand it, just follow as He leads you.

 

Psalm 78 – Teach Your Children

 

A nation’s true history is a record not only of  how people treated one another, but of how they treated God.

The Jews were commanded to teach their children the works and ways of the Lord so that each generation would know the Lord and trust Him. (Deut. 6:1-9). We have the same obligation today. When Israel stopped doing this, the nation forsook the Lord and God had to chasten them. (Judges 2:7-10).

Israel was a rebellious nation, but God was gracious and gave the people opportunities to start again. This is not an excuse for us to sin and tempt God, but it is an encouragement to repent when we do sin.

God’s answers to Israel’s needs were to give them a spiritual leader, David the Shepherd. He had both integrity and ability, and sought the Lord and love for the flock of Israel. People have not changed; they still rebel against God. There is still a need for faithful instructors in the home and leaders in the nation. Do all that you can to help the next generation serve the Lord acceptably.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.

Dr. David Jeremiah.