May 7 - Reading 35: Psalm 105

“Seek the Lord and His strength; Remember His marvelous works…”

(Psalm 105: 4a, 5a)

When facing difficult, painful or anxious circumstances, we tend to look to ourselves and our own strength. We can feel helpless and hopeless as our eyes focus only on our circumstances. Our minds can become filled with fear, doubt and despair. That’s why the Psalmist instructs us to look to the Lord and His strength.

How can we most easily move our eyes from ourselves to the Lord and His strength? By filling our minds with all the wonders He has done. 

He is the God of all creation, who simply spoke the entire universe into being. He is the God who, with mighty signs and wonders, led His people out of Egypt and into the promised land. He is the God who chose to come down to earth to live a perfect life among us and die an unspeakably agonizing, substitutionary death so that we could be credited with His righteousness and live forever with Him.

When we turn to Him in repentance and accept His free gift of salvation, He is the God who chooses to live in and through us. He is the God who reaches down into each of our lives, redeems us, and continues to draw us into intimate relationship with Himself. He is the God who promises to never leave us nor forsake us, who promises that nothing and no one can separate us from His love. That is the God we serve!

As we engage in battle today, let’s remember that He alone is the God of wonder, power and might! Nothing is a surprise to Him and nothing is impossible for Him (Matthew 19:26). Let’s release to Him any fear about where He is taking us or what our future holds. Let’s also remember that, as we cry out to Him in fervent prayer, His answers may be the stories of miracles that will be told for generations to come, because He alone is the God of wonders.