God bless my friends.
The power of God - He delights his people.
"Praise the Lord's mercy and his wonders to the children of men!"
This is the chorus of this Psalm, and everyone can join him because we all need this power in our lives today. It is said that on one occasion Tomás Aquino appeared before the Pope who was counting his money, and the Pope looked at Tomás Aquino and said: "Tomás, the church can no longer say I do not have money or gold". And Thomas Aquino turned around and started to move away from the place, and without even looking back he said. "This is the Lord, and the church can not tell the lame man to get up and walk." At present we are aware of the problems, but not of the power of God. It is good to remember that the first Christian church was aware of the power of God.
And this reminds us of what happened on a certain occasion in a parade where covered floats were presented. One of those floats was sponsored by an oil company, and in the middle of the parade the gasoline ran out of this car and then it had to be towed. Now, everyone who was watching that parade started to laugh because a car representing an oil company would have to be the last to run out of gas. But, someone had forgotten to fill the tank, and there they were halfway there. Such an incident makes us think of the picture of the church in the present. We have beautiful buildings, well decorated, we have attractive programs, as well as our elaborate religious services, we also use propaganda, but there is no power. And power is what the church needs, and power is what every Christian on a personal level needs. And one of the reasons for our lack of power is that we are not praising Him as we should.
"Exalten him in the assembly of the people, and in the meeting of the elders praise him!"
We need to praise God today and praise goes before power. It's like the energy of the fuel in the tank that drives a rocket to take off from the earth in its journey into space.
"Whoever is wise and keeps these things will understand the mercies of the Lord."
Other translations prefer to translate here "will understand the love of the Lord". And the love, kindness and mercy of God fill the lives of those who belong to Him.
Credits for the writer Luis de Miguel of the Bible school.
