Psalm 77
Today we find ourselves in what I like to call a 20/20 Psalm, in other words a Psalm that finds its writer in dire straits who clings to who God has been to the author and the author's people. Usually these Psalms will harken back to either creation or the Exodus, while occasionally going back to other historical moments of the Hebrew people. They are good reminders for us that we must remember all that God has done for us in our past, and that we must especially remember during times of trouble or perceived abandonment by God.
Peter Rollins, in his book Insurrection, says that the only way to truly find God is to first lose our belief in God, as Jesus does on the cross when he cries out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?". While I am not sure if we need to go all that way, I would say that without a dark night of the soul we may never come to cling to God in the way we truly need to. It is in those dark moments when we must search our past that we find evidence of God's hand in our lives.
So often when we are living life forward, as we tend to naturally do, it is difficult to see God's movements for what they truly are. In looking backwards we can more clearly see those same movements that we daily miss. The times God saves us completely and the times that God protects us from more dire consequences. The times when God provides supernaturally or through natural means. The times when we made it another step, another moment, another breath when by all rights we shouldn't have.
+ How can you better "call to mind the deeds of the Lord" both personally and communally?
+ Recall your dark night, how did God lead you out of it?
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