Ps.145:9-11 – The LORD is good to all,
And His mercies are over all His works.
All Your works shall give thanks to You, O LORD,
And Your godly ones shall bless You.
They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom
And talk of Your power;
There was something different about David’s songs. They were different because he was different. David had drunk deeply of the presence of God since the day he was anointed with oil by Samuel and the anointing began to move in David’s life. The more he drank of God’s presence the more powerful his words became. In today’s passage David says that we should talk about God’s power. The word power in this verse means the mighty acts of God. He says that we should talk about God’s mighty acts. He used the word dabar which is translated to talk. Dabar can also men to sing or to chant. David is describing repetitive, spontaneous songs that speak of the power and mighty acts of the Lord. Here is how Augustine describes this.
“For when Thy saints bless Thee, what say they? “They shall tell the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy Power”. How powerful is God, who hath made the earth! how powerful is God, who hath filled the earth with good things! how powerful is God, who hath given to the animals each its own life! how powerful is God, who hath given different seeds to the womb of the earth, that they might make to spring up such various shoots, such beautiful trees! how powerful, how great is God! Do thou ask, creation answereth, and by its answer, as by the confession of the creature, thou, O saint of God, blessest God, and “talkest of His power.”
So what mighty works has the Lord done in your life? What about your testimony? Your testimony is God’s great work of power in your life. Sing about it, tell others what the Lord has done for you. Maybe He met you when you were sick. Sing about His healing power, tell others about how Jesus made you well. Maybe you were bound by addictive behavior and Jesus set you free. If that is the case you cannot stay silent, sing and tell about His power and His great works in your life. The more you tell the story, the stronger it becomes in your life, like David the anointing will be on you and increasing all of your days.
