Psalm 78
Telling our children, the next generation, about God (v 1-8 )
- The account may be difficult to understand (v 2)
- We speak about our personal walk with God and about the testimonies we have heard from others (v 3)
- Our children will hear everything; we will keep nothing back (v 4)
- Previous generations were commanded to tell their children, too (v 5)
- Knowing the history of God and His people should lead us to faith in Him (v 6)
- Mistakes of the past should be lessons for the future (v 7)
- Do not be stubborn and rebellious; set your heart aright and be steadfast with God (v 8 )
Sins of our ancestors and God’s mercy (v 9-72)
Who would believe…
- They kept not the covenant of God (v 10)
- They refused to walk in His law
- They forgot God’s works and wonders (v 11)
- They sinned, and provoked God (v 17)
- They tempted God (v 18)
- They spoke against God (v 19)
- They questioned whether God was fully able to supply their needs under adverse circumstances (v 19)
- They acknowledged God’s provision of water, but doubted His ability to present bread and meat (v 20)
- They did not believe God (v 20)
- They did not trust in God’s salvation
- They ate angels’ food, yet sinned more and believed not in God (v 25, 32)
- They flattered God with their mouth, but they lied to him with their tongues (v 36)
- Their heart was not right (v 37)
- They were not steadfast in God’s covenant
- They often provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert (v 40)
- They did not remember God’s hand at work on their behalf (v 42)
- They tempted and provoked God; they did not keep His testimonies (v 56)
- They turned back and dealt unfaithfully, like their fathers (v 57)
- They provoked God to anger (v 58)
- They moved Him to jealousy
- And in the end, they died (63-64).
- But they did not defeat the purposes of God Who chose others with whom to build His kingdom (v 65-72)
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