Show Off

Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds. Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the LORD. Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him.

Psalm 105:1-4

God wants to work in our lives in such a way that his power and provision are evident to others. He wants us to be branches that display the Vine’s fruit. He wants us to let the whole world know what he has done.

When something wonderful happens to you, isn’t your first impulse to tell someone else about it? Something great happens, and your first thought is, I can’t wait to tell so-and-so. The person we choose to tell is someone we know will rejoice with us. It doubles our own joy, and the experience is not complete until you have told the other person about it. In today’s verses, David encourages us to “tell everyone about [God’s] wonderful deeds.”

When we have known and experienced the Lord’s great work in our lives, it overflows to others. Others who worship the Lord will be overjoyed. The joy will be contagious. The person who is in a valley at that time will be encouraged by hearing about God’s work in your life. When we are so intimately in tune with one another, our joys are multiplied. We get not only our own God adventures but also the God adventures of our fellow worshipers.

Then David’s thought flows to the next admonition. Be always, continuously seeking God—deliberately and attentively pursuing him. Keep your life lined up with his. On purpose. There you will find his strength that strengthens you.

God promises that in seeking him, you will find him and his strength.

Father, teach me to seek you continually, just as you seek me. Let my life put you on display.

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life, that I may burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like You, Lord Jesus.

Jim Elliot(1927–1956), American missionary and martyr