1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 16
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COORDINATOR: AFOLABI JOSEPH OLAJIDE
Verse eight begins by exhorting these recently returned
people to give thanks, to call on God’s name, and to make
known God’s deeds among the peoples. After going
through what they have gone through the Chronicler
reminds them of how King David gave thanks and called
on God. The point for us to know is that when God has
been good to you, you ought to tell somebody. These
people had been hurt and defeated but now they are
brought back to Jerusalem and somebody ought to praise
God for it.
Verse nine continues with “sing, sing psalms unto God, talk
of all God’s wondrous works. These are action words.
Praising God is active whether singing loud voice or a quite
praise. But more so when we begin to talk about the
wondrous works that God has done for us, praise just
happens.
Verses ten and eleven tell us to glory in God’s name, to
rejoice, and to seek the LORD. In these first four verses I
see a lot of glory, a lot or rejoicing, a lot of seeking God.
This is a clear example of a grateful heart. David’s Psalm
of Thanksgiving flows from a grateful heart.
Verse twelve tells us to remember God’s marvelous works,
God’s wonders and the judgements of God’s mouth. It’s
good to remember. It’s good to remember what God has
done for you. It’s good to remember how God brought
you through. It’s good to remember when and where God
delivered you. Remembering the mighty and marvelous
works of God in our own lives leads us to a grateful heart
and a thankful praise.
In verses nineteen, twenty and twenty-one, David’s psalm
reminds the people that the children of Israel didn’t start
out as a mighty and strong nation. They came from
humble beginnings. From those humble beginnings with
the help of God they grew into the mighty nation that King
David once ruled. In verse twelve the psalm told them to
remember. Now, in these verses the psalm tells them
what to remember.
Verse twenty-three elevates the praise from personal to all
the earth. Psalm 24:1 reminds us “The earth is the Lord’s,
and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell
therein.” It tells us to proclaim God’s salvation day after
day. In other words, never forget how God delivered you.
Verses twenty-four and twenty-five declare that God is
great and greatly to be praised. In other words, a great
God deserves a great praise. And a great praise will tell
the saints and the sinners what God has done. Everybody
ought to know that God has been good, that God has
delivered and that God is great above all other gods.
Verses twenty-six and twenty-seven close the lesson with
David’s psalm reminding the people that idol gods are
essentially useless. Idol worshipers can talk, but God
worshipers can point to the heavens and the earth to
declare that their God is the one true God. It is their God
who has made the heavens and the earth and this God
deserves all the glory and all the honor.
Key Characters in the text:
King David – The central figure as he conquers the City of
Jerusalem and builds a place to keep the Ark of the
Covenant
1. A great God deserves a great praise.
Question:
1. Remembering what God has done for you is important.
Do you remember a time when mother or father couldn’t
do it? But God did.
Concluding Thought:
The Chronicler writes to encourage the children of Israel to
keep hope alive. They have been through great pain and
distress and now they want to know if God is still on their
side. Now that they are back in Jerusalem they want to
know if the same God that brought King David to power
and King Solomon to great splendor is still their God. The
Chronicler gives them a history lesson that shows the
greatness of God and the great blessings of God when
God’s people live in obedience. The same God who
reassured the broken and defeated people of Israel back
then is here to reassure us today.
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