Be Still And Know

Psalm 107:1-3 'Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.' This psalm celebrates the return of the people after the exile. This was a massive moment in national life and the psalmist is clear that it is entirely because of God’s consistent faithfulness. In the psalm, he looks back through different chapters in the life of God’s people and records the fact that, despite repeated human failings, God did not give up on them. Time after time they rejected his guidance and went their own way, but God did not abandon them. The final verse of the psalm sums up the situation beautifully: “Those who are wise will take all of this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord” (Psalm 107:43). Our own personal stories are not so very different from this. As we look back through ou