God's Spirit Speaking to My Spirit Through His Word

Last Night, each time I woke up, the words “Psalm 107” would come to my mind.  I went directly to that Psalm when I got up this morning.  God is speaking to each of us.  I will be writing about what He said to me.  In the words of the Psalm, God told me that His mercy endures forever.  He is good and He tells me to always give thanks. 

He reminds me about His redeemed, whom He has gathered from their wandering in the wilderness.  This is the condition of each of us prior to receiving His gift of faith.  We are hungry and thirsty and our souls faint.  As the Israelites cried out to the Lord in their trouble, He delivered them, and He has delivered me.  He leads me and is my dwelling place.  He satisfies my longing soul.  He fills my hungering soul with goodness. 

Not wanting to know God keeps one in darkness and in the shadow of death.  God does not want us to rebel against His Word nor despise His counsel.  He is the Most High and He saves us out of our trouble, afflictions, and distress.  When we believe, He breaks the chains that bind us and He brings us out of darkness.  Our spirits are reborn into His light.  I thank Him for being my light and my salvation.  My spiritual eyes and ears have been opened so that I can see my life and the circumstances of life with a greater understanding and in a greater dimension.  This is my understanding of what I read in verses 1 through 15. 

Verses 16 through 19 speak about God breaking the gates of bronze, and cutting the bars of iron in two.  I have been attending a Bible study on the book of Daniel. Are these verses prophesying about the times of the Greek and the Roman Empires?  At this time Israel was under the rule of the Roman Empire and was being afflicted because of its iniquities and unfaithfulness to God.  The people cried out to God and He saved them from their distress.  He also does this for us when we cry out to Him in our afflictions.    He hears our prayers and our pleas and He will rescue us.  As I looked into the meaning of "gates of bronze and bars of iron" most saw them as God tearing down the prison gates and the walls which bind His people.  Verse 20 says, “He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions”.   Could this verse be talking about Jesus, The Word?  We do see Jesus in the Psalms.  Read Psalm 22.    God’s Word is fascinating and life changing.  If you haven’t experienced it for yourself, start by reading the Psalms and the Proverbs.  The more I learn, the more I realize how much more God wants to teach me.  Learning the Word increases my faith (Romans 10:17).   

The author of Psalm 107 is unknown.  It was written to celebrate the Jew’s return from exile in Babylon.  There are times when God allows us to go into exile where He can get our attention.  During those times we draw closer to the only One who can help us through, and deliver us.  This Psalm goes on to talk about God’s goodness and His wonderful works.  We see the works of God in nature.  God asks us to come to Him rejoicing and telling others about His goodness.  He wants us to come to Him with praise and thanksgiving.  In the last verse of Psalm 107, verse 43, we read, “Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the loving-kindness of the Lord”.  God increases my understanding as I read His Word and walk in his presence.