Psalm 105 describes God’s faithfulness with the promised seed of Abraham and being passed down to his descendants. What God promised Abraham would take generations and centuries to be fulfilled, and some of its fulfillment continues to go on.
We have faith in the Lord because He has proven to be faithful!
He is the Lord our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
9 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
11 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
12 When they were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people,
14 He permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.” Psalm 105: 7-15
Psalm 105 recounts God’s faithfulness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Lord’s promise to Abraham was first made in Genesis 12:1-3. It is important to remind ourselves what God promised Abraham so we can appreciate His faithfulness to Abraham and his descendants. At this time in history, Abraham had come from Ur with his father and had dwelt in Haran. The Bible tells us he was a Chaldean. During that time period, Chaldeans were idol worshipers. Abraham and Sarah were barren at this time. The Lord spoke to Abraham and gave him a couple of instructions:
1. Leave your country.
2. Leave your father’s house.
God promised several blessings to Abraham:
1. I will show you a new land.
2. I will make you a great nation.
3. I will bless you.
4. I will make your name great.
5. You will be a blessing.
6. I will bless those who bless you.
7. I will curse him who curses you.
8. In you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
In this covenant, the Lord told Abraham to do two things, but He promised him eight things. Abraham was expected to let go of his surroundings, his natural family, and the comfort of a known and established place. This took trust on Abraham’s part. He had to believe God that what He had for him was far better than what Abraham had enjoyed up to this point. He also had to believe that it was worth letting go of it all and wait expectantly to the Lord to fill his empty hands.
Is there leading to make some changes and leave some things behind?
On the other hand, The Lord’s promises were gigantic. They were not the kind that if God changed His mind or possibly forgot, Abraham could muster up zeal, will-power, or energy to make them happen. Those promises were divine promises accomplished only by the one who made them. They were custom-made by God for Abraham!
How do you become a great nation when all you have is an old wife and a nephew? How does your name become great when you started out as nobody and now you will even become a bigger nobody after moving into a new land where no one knows you!?
The Lord would bless those that bless Abraham. Why would anyone want to bless a stranger? Furthermore, if they dared to curse him, he had the Lord on his side to curse them since he was a powerless stranger in a new land. Then the Lord of the universe made the largest promise of all! In Abraham, all the families of the earth will be blessed. Is that humanly possible? What does it really even mean to bless all the families on the earth? Those were prophetic words that only on God’s timetable they continue to be revealed!
The Lord made God-size promises to Abraham, and it would have taken the faithfulness of God to accomplish them!
In verses 8-9, the scripture says: “He remembers His covenant forever, the word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant which He made with Abraham and His oath to Isaac.”
From the time God promised Abraham to become a great nation until he gave him a son by Sarah, it took 25 years! While others were having grandchildren, Abraham was still waiting for the promised child! God uses time as one of his tools, but He is not limited to time to fulfill what He has spoken. What God spoke, He is faithful to accomplish it. The Lord is still accomplishing His promises in the lives of His children. Furthermore, the promises made to Abraham are still getting fulfilled through our lives because of our covenant relationship with Jesus through His blood sacrificed for us.
What has taken years or decades to be fulfilled in your life!? Share you stories with others and listen to others’ stories about God’s faithfulness. It is inspiring and faith-building!
This is such a rich and timely word. Thank you!!!
Praise God! Thanks for sharing. I’m glad and thankful!