Psalms 106:1

Psalms 106:1 says, Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.  David called on the people of Israel to give thanks to God because He is good and His mercy endures forever.  As Christians, we should do the same.  Verse two asks, Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?  We really are incapable of telling everything that God has done.  What we can do though is tell people of His gospel message.  Verse three adds, Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.  We may not be able to tell of all that God has done, but as followers of Christ we can keep God's commandments and live under the righteousness of Christ.  Verse four states, Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;  Like David, we want God to remember us and visit us with His salvation.  Otherwise, nothing else matters.  Verse five adds, That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.  Only if we have accepted salvation by putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord can we rejoice with other Christians, those who make up God's nation.  Verse six continues, We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.  Like David said then, we are all guilty of sin and have done wickedly in the sight of God.  Verse seven says, Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.  David said that the older people of Israel had forgotten God's deliverance of them from Egypt.  We as followers of Christ cannot forget His deliverance of us from the power of sin and death, and we cannot stop sharing the gospel, otherwise it will not be shared.  Verse eight adds, Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.  God saved the people of Israel for a purpose, and that was so that they could make His name known in the world.  God saves us for a purpose as well, and not just for our benefit alone.  We as Christians have a responsibility to make the gospel known to the world, as well as the greatness of God.  Verse nine continues, He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.  David reminded the people of Israel about what God had done to deliver them from Egypt, and we as followers of Christ must always remember and share with others what God has done by granting us salvation.  Verse ten declares, And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.  God saved the people of Israel from all their enemies, just as He does for us spiritually today.  Nothing can ever separate us from God's goodness but a lack of faith on our part.  Verse eleven adds, And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.  The enemies of Israel when they left Egypt were drowned by God.  Some people say that it wasn't really a sea that the people of Israel departed Egypt through, but a marshy area, but it would be an even greater miracle if the Egptian army drowned in a marshy area.  We need to learn to simply accept God's word without any attempt to explain His miraculous works as anything less.  Verse twelve continues, Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.  David said that after God delivered them from Egypt that the people of Israel believed His word, and as followers of Christ, delivered by our faith in Him, we must believe the word of God.