Psalm 105:4 - Depend Upon God And His Strength In All That You Do. (addendum)
Psalm 105:4 - Depend Upon God And His Strength In All That You
Do. (addendum)
Psalm 105:4 (KJV) Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his
face evermore.
Psalm 105:4 (NIV) Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his
face always.
Psalm 105:4 (NRSV) Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his
presence continually.
The psalmist calls us in these verses to praise God, give him
thanks, proclaim his greatness, and let the whole world know what he has
done, but he also calls us to search for the Lord and his strength and
to keep on searching. To search means to look carefully and
thoroughly in an effort to find something important. The original Hebrew
text has the idea of seeking with our whole hearts continually,
regularly, daily, and then depending on his strength for all the challenges
we face in living as his followers instead of in our own strength.
In response to our searching, the Lord loves to reveal himself
to us and then manifest his strength in our lives. He has not
hidden his character from his people; over and over throughout the
Bible, through his Son, Jesus, and through his Spirit and creation, he
has revealed his heart, his glory, and his nature that we might know
him. Those who seek God and give their time to searching for him and
knowing him will find all their needs met in him.
LORD, I give thanks to you and proclaim your greatness! I want
to tell everyone what you have done. Thank you for the many
promises in your Word that you will come and strengthen me and reveal
yourself so that I can know you more intimately. Cause me to seek you
with all my heart, to search for you daily and throughout my life,
and to depend on your strength for each day. [Praying Through The
Bible By Fuller re Psa. 105:1-4]
Our God Loves To Come; He Wants To Come Forth In Us, To Rise Up
In Us In All His Beauty. Margaret Therkelsen
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