Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalm 105 is a solemn song of praise to the Creator that exalts His name and recounts His wondrous works, and together with Psalm 106 it records Israel's wilderness experience. The verse calls all who claim to be God's children to seek the Lord, His strength, and His presence continually. The Lord Himself is to be held fast as personal strength, as front guard and rear guard, and His face and power are to be sought without discouragement in perplexity. Seeking His face includes needing the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart. Those who seek the Lord have reason to rejoice.
All heaven is pledged to work for the help and strengthening of seekers, and power waits to be bestowed on those who pray, take God at His word, and refuse distrust and trust in man or human power and the arm of flesh, because He is full of compassion and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. The seeking is individual experience, appropriated by letting faith increase and not diminish, thanking the Lord for His Word as a stronghold and for His goodness and wonderful works, looking on the bright side, talking faith and courage with a fixed heart, and not letting clouds and trials quench faith. The psalm is to be studied regularly and read carefully together with Psalms 106 and 107, which helps readers appreciate the goodness, mercy, and love of God and provides warnings and lessons for God's people today. Seeking the Lord and His strength means making music serve a holy purpose to lift thoughts to what is pure and noble and elevating and to awaken devotion and gratitude to God, not with frivolous waltz or flippant song that extols man and diverts attention from God. The verse calls for humility toward those who have not received the light, since people outside the church may live more faithfully by the light they have than some who have received greater light, so they should not be judged for what they have not seen.
Psalm 105 is a solemn song of praise to the Creator that exalts His name and recounts His wondrous works, and together with Psalm 106 it records Israel's wilderness experience. The verse calls all who claim to be God's children to seek the Lord, His strength, and His presence continually. The Lord Himself is to be held fast as personal strength, as front guard and rear guard, and His face and power are to be sought without discouragement in perplexity. Seeking His face includes needing the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart. Those who seek the Lord have reason to rejoice.
All heaven is pledged to work for the help and strengthening of seekers, and power waits to be bestowed on those who pray, take God at His word, and refuse distrust and trust in man or human power and the arm of flesh, because He is full of compassion and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. The seeking is individual experience, appropriated by letting faith increase and not diminish, thanking the Lord for His Word as a stronghold and for His goodness and wonderful works, looking on the bright side, talking faith and courage with a fixed heart, and not letting clouds and trials quench faith. The psalm is to be studied regularly and read carefully together with Psalms 106 and 107, which helps readers appreciate the goodness, mercy, and love of God and provides warnings and lessons for God's people today. Seeking the Lord and His strength means making music serve a holy purpose to lift thoughts to what is pure and noble and elevating and to awaken devotion and gratitude to God, not with frivolous waltz or flippant song that extols man and diverts attention from God. The verse calls for humility toward those who have not received the light, since people outside the church may live more faithfully by the light they have than some who have received greater light, so they should not be judged for what they have not seen.