"Our Amazing God"

"Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise." (Psalms 106:47)

 Matthew Henry has the last three verses grouped together as how God appears to His people after they cry out from their chastening: 1. As a God of mercy, 2. As a God of truth, and 3. As a God of power. As I like to reference them, these are the three things that are pillars by which our lives are changed; the fact that He is a God of mercy, allows us to continually cry out, no matter what we have done or how far we have moved away; the fact that He is a God of truth, gives us something to hold on to, regardless of the circumstances or situations we might find ourselves in; and the fact that He is a God of power, gives us hope that nothing here can prevent Him from completing His work in us, not even by our own doing, because we can never undo what Christ has done in us. Make no mistake about it, if you belong to Christ, you no longer have power over your eternity in Him; you are stamped, 'Property of Christ Jesus.' These three things are put forth in this verse, as we acknowledge our need for God's mercy, which is the Way, "Save us, O LORD our God"; as we hold tight to the Truth as the truth, as He gathers us under His wing, to give thanks to His holy name; and hope in the Life, which is the triumph in His praise, having defeated sin and death. This is all of our journey, each and every one of us, some more sinful than others, some weak and some strong, but none any better than the other, for we are all members of His glorious body; from the least to the greatest, we all are a vital part of the same Glorious Body...

""Now I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying, 'It will fall to the king of Babylon, through war, famine, and disease.' But this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will certainly bring my people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety. They will be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me. I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land."" (Jeremiah 32:36-41) NLT