Fostering Thankfulness: In Change & Injustice: Psalm 107:33-43

Fostering Thankfulness: In Change & Injustice

Psalm 107:33-43

 

The Homeless Brought Home (v. 33-38)

• The psalmist turns his attention to those who have been uprooted from their homes
• The land has stop producing good things (v. 33-34)
  • Because of the evil deeds of some who live there
    • And everyone is affected
  • However, God’s plan for them is not simply upheaval
    • But rather to bring them to someplace better (v. 35-38)
  • We often fear change
    • Because we fear the unknown
    • But, we are called to trust God in the unknown
      • Because it is not unknown to Him

 

The Righter of Wrongs (v. 39-43)

• The psalmist reflects on how those who have abused their authority will be humbled
• And how those who have been humble will be raised up
• This is a reflection of God’s justice
  • This is not always something that happens here and now (see Matt. 5:2-12)
    • We need to have a long-term view of God’s work in the world
    • “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

The Wisdom of Thankfulness (v. 43)

• We must learn to trust Him even when our lives our in upheaval
  • Because though our lives change, our God is unchanging
    • He is our certainty in uncertain times
  • Because He uses these situations to change us
    • To helps us learn to trust Him better
    • To conform our character to that of Christ’s (Rom. 8:28-32)
  • In everything, God is for us
    • He uses hardships to mold us and refine us (Rom. 5:3-5)

 

So What?

• Can we be thankful in the face of change and injustice?
  • Trusting God is working for the good to transform us & redeem the suffering

 

Meditation Verse: Psalm 107:43