Glorious Redemption – The Presidential Prayer Team

Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders – Psalm 107:32

Riding out a storm on the sea can make your heart quiver. There is a saying: “Let those that would learn to pray go to sea.” Commentator Matthew Henry says that it should read: “Let those that will go to sea learn to pray, that they may come with the more boldness to the throne of grace when they are in trouble.” Perilous circumstances can bring even the most faithless person to his knees in prayer. But the believer should be the first to pray in any circumstance.

Psalm 107 presents four situations in which people are in distress. When they realize their state, they cry out to God. He responds to their prayers and delivers them. The psalmist then says, “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men” (Psalm 107:31, KJV). God shows His goodness and is merciful in the physical realm, but also in the spiritual realm. And who better to exclaim it: “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so” (Psalm 107:2).

Charles Spurgeon explains it this way: “Whatever others may think or say, the redeemed have overwhelming reasons for declaring the goodness of the Lord. Theirs is a particular redemption… the Redeemer is so glorious, the ransom price so immense, and the redemption so complete, that they are under sevenfold obligations to give thanks unto the Lord, and to exhort others to do so.”

Beloved, these stormy times require constant prayer, for the people of this nation, its governing officials, and for the world. Worship the Lord whose mercy endures forever. Sing praise to the Prince of Peace!

Today’s Verse: Psalm 107:32

Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

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Recommended for further reading: Psalm 107:23-32, 43

²³ Some went down to the sea in ships,
    doing business on the great waters;
²⁴they saw the deeds of the Lord,
    his wondrous works in the deep.
²⁵For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
    which lifted up the waves of the sea.
²⁶They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths;
    their courage melted away in their evil plight;
²⁷they reeled and staggered like drunken men
    and were at their wits’ end.
²⁸Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
²⁹He made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.
³⁰Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.
³¹Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
³²Let them extol him in the congregation of the people,
    and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

⁴³ Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.