Declaring Yahweh's Mighty Acts

The people of Israel rejoiced in Yahweh because they remembered his mighty acts in their history, especially how he chose them, the least of all the peoples of the earth, to be his very own treasured possession. Then he graciously saved them from starvation when he brought them from Canaan to Egypt. After several hundred years they had grown into a populous nation which the Egyptians feared, so they oppressed them and put them into servitude. Yahweh sent Moses to deliver them out of Egypt, lead them through forty years of wilderness wanderings, and bring them to the Promised Land. God brought them there so they could obey his law and live before him as his special people. When the ancient prophecies of the coming Messiah-Deliverer of God's people were fulfilled in the incarnation of the Son of God, Jesus Christ the Lord, and through his subsequent death, resurrection, and ascension, there was even greater reason to remember the mighty acts of Yahweh seen in the Savior. Through his Son, God has done all that was necessary to save his people from their sins, granting them eternal life and fellowship with himself. God's actions in Christ must be proclaimed by his people throughout their daily lives. We pray for the Lord to open up doors for us in our everyday lives to speak the Gospel to people in our culture whom he brings us in contact with. Both the speaking of the gospel and the receiving of it are works of the Holy Spirit.