I would like to read a selection of Scriptures found in the 105th Psalm. “O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Remember his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; and confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant...
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. And he increased his people greatly: and made them stronger than their enemies. He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with his servants.
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. He sent darkness, and make it dark: and they rebelled not against his word. He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land... He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river...And he brought forth his people with joy, and hi chosen with gladness: ...that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws.”
After reading all this I am reminded of a scripture in Numbers 23, a portion of verse 23 which reads thus, “What hath God wrought?”
David was a man who loved the great outdoors. He was a friend of the mountains and trees and saw in all of these the great hand of an all-wise God. One day after looking up into the heavens and beholding all these wonders he cried out, “When I consider the heavens the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars which Thou hast ordained, what is man that Thou are mindful of him?” As David’s eyes looked up into the starry heights the greatness of I all overwhelmed him.
He saw in the great starry dome above him the wonderful works of God. As he considered the magnitude of creation he suddenly felt very small indeed and cried out, “What is man that thou art mindful of him?”
I have read the Psalms many times, those inspired songs of a man after God’s own heart and have been thrilled again and again as David, no doubt under the moving of God’s spirit, spoke of the wonders God had wrought. What hath God wrought? Marvelous indeed are the works of our creator. Wondrous indeed is the work of His hands.
I have stood upon the shore of mighty oceans and watched the waves beat tirelessly over the sand, watched the tides come and go and have said, “What hath God wrought?” I have stood on the peaks of majestic mountains and have tried to comprehend the mysteries of the valleys beneath, I have watched a lone cloud sail serenely across that great blue expanse above, and said in my heart, “What hath God wrought.”
I have stood in a sheltered place and watched the forked lightning streak across the angry backdrop of the storm and marveled again and been forced to exclaim, “What God hath wrought.“ I have watched the gentle zephyrs change into gales of tremendous force that uprooted trees and carried all before it. and again I had to cry out, “What God hath wrought.”
I have lived long enough on the earth to have seen several wars when men hated one another and murder was in their hearts, and then watched the time come when the dove of peace hovered gently over tired, broken flesh, and men who hated and killed and vowed complete vengeance and destruction would sit with their enemies, would shake their hand and pledge to work together for the common good. Again I had to say, “What God hath wrought.” I have read in God’s Word, “He maketh wars to cease.”
Yet after all these things we have only begun to observe the great works of God. I have looked into His Word and there saw the picture of a sin-cursed world, a world doomed and damned, a creation that had forgotten its creator. Then I read of great decisions in the courts of heaven.
God the Father speaking to God the Son said, “Who will go and whom shall we send?” Without hesitation the only begotten answered, “Here I am; send me.” Down He came to a world that was made by Him, to a world that knew Him not. Here He took upon Himself the form of sinful flesh and by His coming and living and dying, forever condemned sin in the flesh. Is it any wonder I feel constrained to cry out with David of old, “What God hath wrought.”
One day I was lost, a sinner without a Savior, a discouraged, unhappy soul, wandering alone on the barren mountains of sin. Then I saw something, something that stopped me in my tracks, something that changed the course of my whole life. I saw Jesus, the Lamb of God, the One who takes away the sin of the world. I saw Him dying upon the cross of Calvary, and I realized that He was dying there for me, and because I realized that, I turned to Him with my whole heart, and cried out in my despair and sorrow, “Oh God, forgive me. I have wandered away, I have wandered astray. Lord, I ask you to forgive me and pardon my transgressions.” I am so glad that time came when Jesus washed my sins away, when the blood of the covenant was applied to my heart and soul and I was made a new creature in Christ Jesus.
No longer is there any need for man to wander alone for God wants to be with him. No longer does man have to perish in darkness for the light has come. No longer does man have to wander aloe on the se barren mountains of sin and despair for Jesus one day came and paid the price with his life for the sins of this poor old world. Today you can be saved and I can be saved, and praise God, I am saved this morning by virtue of the shed blood of the cross of Calvary. Oh, I’m so grateful this morning and I’m forced to cry out again and again, “What God hath wrought, what God hath wrought.” Today I see His wonders everywhere.
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