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Psalm chapter 107 verse 43

whoever is wise let him attend to these things

let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

This is the last verse in a long song, 43 verses, that over and over again depict the Psalmist in trouble in hardship three different times

verses 13, 19, 28 say then they cried the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them from

their distress this is a refrain over and over again in this song about God's

people crying out to him for help in trouble and trial and God bringing

deliverance to them.

One of my favorite verses in the Psalm, verse 35, says, God turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.

So that's what the Psalm is about.

It's about God taking hard days and bringing good through them.

God taking difficulties and brokenness and bringing about redemption and trouble bringing about deliverance. about

redemption and trouble bringing about deliverance and so you get to the end of the Psalm and verse 43 says

whoever is wise let him attend to these things.

In other words, wisdom is remembering

that God is able to turn deserts into pools of water and parts lands into springs of water. Wisdom is remembering

that God hears you in your distress and your cries for help and God will ultimately deliver you.

Wisdom is attending to these things and considering the steadfast love of the Lord,

considering the faithful, loyal, merciful, kind love of God

toward all who trust in him. This is wisdom and I just want to encourage

you to be wise today, especially if you're walking through challenges, trouble, trials, if you find

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