Ps.145:6,7 – Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, and I will tell of Your greatness. They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness and will shout joyfully of Your righteousness.
Being filled with God’s Spirit leads to the fulfillment of this verse, “Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, and I will tell of Your greatness”. This is clearly seen in the early days of the church when people began to experience the power of His presence in their lives. That very first day, the Day of Pentecost, Peter opened his mouth and began to declare the goodness of God revealed in the death, resurrection, and the glorification of Jesus of Nazareth. Peter was filled with the Spirit and the immediate response was the gushing out of His presence in words declaring God’s greatness and goodness. When the Spirit was poured out on the gentiles at Cornelius’s house the believers that were present said that the gentiles were all were filled with the Spirit, spoke in other tongues, and began to magnify the Lord. Here is how Spurgeon describes this passage.
“They shall pour forth grateful memories even as springs gush with water, plenteously, spontaneously, constantly, joyously. The Lord’s redeemed people having been filled with his great goodness, shall retain the happy recollection of it, and shall be moved often and often to utter those recollections. Not content with a scanty mention of such amazing love, they shall go on to an abundant utterance of such abundant favor. It shall be their delight to speak with one another of God’s dealings with them, and to compare notes of their experiences. God has done nothing stintedly; all his goodness is great goodness, all worthy to be remembered, all suggestive of holy discourse. Upon this subject there is no scarcity of matter, and when the heart is right there is no need to stop from want of facts to tell. Oh, that there were more of these memories and utterances, for it is not meet that the goodness of the living God should be buried in the cemetery of silence, in the grave of ingratitude.”
David is describing the power of experiential religion. When we are touched by the power of God we begin to taste His greatness for ourselves. The result of that is that we must begin to lift up our voice. This happens spontaneously in two ways. First, we join in the chorus of worshippers that have also tasted of His goodness and His power. Secondly, we have to proclaim His goodness and His greatness to anyone who will listen to us. So go ahead, bask in the greatness and goodness of the Lord, your response will be to worship Him and to proclaim His goodness to this generation.
