Over the past few months as part of my daily devotions in the YouVersion Bible App, I’ve been journeying through the Book of Psalms. It has been a huge encouragement and inspiration for me as I have drawn many insights into my own life from its authors.
As I’m starting to get towards the end of the book, I’ve certainly come to appreciate that they are, in essence, an intricately designed collection of poetry and songs that recounts Israel’s history, His covenant promises, and also poetically retells the entire biblical story – so that I can learn from His-story.
And we all love a good story – right! There is great power in stories! Stories are not just for little children at bedtime, they’re not just for entertainment in the movies, nor are they just for the older generation to share with their families.
The stories of God have great power! They can help us live fully today, and they can give us strength and faith for tomorrow. 
The stories of God can transform our lives as we come to appreciate and fully understand what He has done for us, what He is doing in our lives and what He promises to do for us, as we mature in our faith and understanding of what it means to be a part of His divine plan for our lives.
I believe that the Good News of Jesus and how God continually intervenes in the lives of those that love Him is a huge testament to the ‘Power of the Story’, and is the basis for the whole Biblical narrative, as God understood what His children need. You see, a great story grips us and moves us to respond.
The Ethiopian eunuch experienced this for himself as he was reading the Book of Isaiah and wanted to understand it some more, as it would appear that parts of what he was reading either didn’t make sense, or were so astounding that he wanted to know more, as we can see in Acts 8:26-40.
Many of us are gripped by the testimony of others and how God has moved in their lives to bring about life transformation.
This is what inspires us about Saul’s amazing transformation on the road to Damascus (see Acts 9:1-19)
The thing is, we need to remember the stories of old and tell them not only to each other to encourage and build each other up, but also to our children, and our children’s children so that they’ll never forget!
Scripture reminds us of this in Joel 1:3;
“Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation.” (New Living Translation)
Psalm 78:5-7 and Psalm 145:4-7 also touch on this idea of passing on the stories of old so that we do not forget when God has intervened in our lives.
This is what Psalm 114 in essence is all about, each line is referencing a fascinating part of a story of when God intervened and changed the course of history! And we are encouraged to keep telling this story, as this psalm is a song that should be sung / read at least yearly in remembrance of Him and His involvement in our lives.
Many years ago the Jewish people 
Some of the greatest moments of our story, His-Story are told in this psalm: When God split the Red Sea so that His people walked through on dry ground, when He brought water out of a rock, and when He split the Jordan River – Amazing eh!
We all love a good story – right!
If you have the chance to read through the book of Exodus you’ll find that it expands on these amazing stories of how the God of the universe continually makes a way for His people, those that love Him and impacts their lives for good.
Maybe you could write your own psalm to remind yourself of all that God has done for you in your life and how that can speak into the lives of your children, and your grandchildren.
Blessings ’til next time 😀
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