Psalm 77:10-20 / Deliverance Remembered
📖 Scripture
10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12 I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
13 Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?
14 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
17 The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
19 Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.
20 You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
✅ Scripture Summary
✅ Memory verse
– Psalm 74:12
✅ Reflection
Evidence from the Past (77:10–15)
Amid his cries of heartache and pain, the psalmist pauses. By appealing to God’s previous acts of deliverance, he seeks comfort in and deliverance from his current circumstances. The psalmist does more than simply remember these things, however; he meditates upon them. Meditation seems to be a lost discipline among many Christians today. We face so many distractions that we must actively choose to slow down and be with God. It is one thing to routinely go about our daily devotions, Bible reading, and prayer. It is another thing entirely to take time to slow down and be still before our God. But like the psalmist, our souls can draw comfort from reflecting upon God’s mighty works.
Take time to quiet your heart and reflect upon what Scripture teaches about God’s miraculous works. What are some stories from the Bible that come to your mind?
Mighty Waters Parted (77:16–20)
Sometimes, the path God chooses for us leads through the sea. It is there, where we are utterly powerless, that God parts the mighty waters. It is obvious from the mention of Moses and Aaron that the psalmist is referring to God’s parting of the Red Sea, where He delivered His people from Pharaoh and his armies. However, these words of sacred Scripture are not limited to that one miraculous deliverance. The psalmist is remembering this because he seeks God’s miraculous deliverance from his present circumstances. Could it be that God, at this time in your life, is leading you through a sea whose mighty waters only He can part? If so, rejoice! Your faith is being refined and will soon shine like gold.
Can you think of some reasons why God’s path for our lives sometimes leads to and through seemingly impassable waters? What are some “mighty waters” God has led you through in times past?
✅ Prayer
“In all our hardest wrestlings, we are not bound to the narrow fences of our own personality, our own power, our own past: we are bound to Christ himself.”
– Scott Hubbard
✅ Essay
Remembering God’s Goodness
Have you ever felt like, instead of you being in control of your thoughts, they were in control of you? There have been times when I felt like no matter how hard I tried to think positively, my thoughts acted like they had a plan of their own, and seemed set on sabotaging my mental well-being. If we are not intentionally aware of our thoughts, before we know it, a simple, “Oh no! I burned the chicken” can quickly snowball into, “I’m such a failure; I can’t do anything right!” Naturally, thousands of thoughts go through our minds every day. However, what the Bible warns us about is not that thoughts will come knocking on our front door, but rather that we have to be very careful which thoughts we invite in. In 2 Corinthians 10:5, Scripture instructs us, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” How can we take our thoughts captive on a practical level? One way is to be purposeful about the things we focus on. When negative thoughts arise and we start to feel discouraged or hopeless, we have to remember that we have a choice in where we direct our minds. Today’s passage is a reminder that when we choose to focus on the incredible things that God has already done in our lives, our dismay will quickly turn into gratitude and our sorrow into joy.
Written by Natasha Spiers
