Psalm 78 - A Reminder We Need To Read Regularly

It says that God gave us His teachings and commanded us to teach our children so their children would know them and they would tell their children (our great-grandchildren!)

He reviewed much of the history of Israel because it teaches that “the one thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn from history,” my commentary said.

What they did is what we do:

“They continued to sin against Him … They decided to test Him … They had not believed God and had not trusted Him …”

Verse 29 says, “God had given them what they wanted.”  My commentary said, “Sometimes God’s greatest judgment is to give us what we want.”

Despite all they did against Him, “In His mercy, God forgave them and held back His wrath, but they were a generation that grieved His heart.”

“They kept on sinning, they did not believe … so He ended their days without meaning and their years in terror … Their hearts were not really loyal to God … Still God was merciful.  He forgave their sins and did not destroy them.  Many times He held back His anger and did not stir up all His anger.  He remembered that they were only human …”

“They tested God and turned against God Most High; they did not keep His rules.”

Father God, help us to examine our lives and our thoughts and our beliefs and actions.  Use these verses to cause us to admit how we do the same.  Let us learn from history and from our mistakes and give us grace so that we will not repeat them.  Remember that we too are only human.  Thank You for loving us in spite of that fact.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford