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Psalm 115:1 - LOOK AT GOD!

Psalm 115:1 (NIV) Not to us, O LORD, not to 
us but to your name be the glory, because of 
your love and faithfulness.  

INTRODUCTION

Psalms 115-118 were traditionally sung at 
the Passover meal, commemorating Israel's escape 
from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 11-12). [Life 
Application SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   You and I were made by God to know him 
and make him known. 
   Children have a tendency to say, "Look at 
me!" On the tricycle: "Look at me go!" On the 
trampoline: "Look at me bounce!" On the swing set: "Look 
at me swing!" Such behavior is acceptable for 
children. Yet many adults spend their grown-up years 
saying the same. "Look at me drive this fancy car!" 
"Look at me make money!" "Look at me wear 
provocative clothes, use big words, or flex my muscles. 
Look at me!" 
   Isn't it time we grew up? We were made to 
live a life that says, "Look at God!" People are 
to look at us and see not us but the image of 
our Maker. 
   This is God's plan - to make us into his 
image. This is God's promise. And he will fulfill 
it! [You Can Count On God by Max Lucado] 

COMMENTARY

Cause for Gratitude and Praise
   Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but 
unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for 
Thy truths sake. Psalm 115:1. Such was the 
spirit that pervaded Israels song of 
deliverance, and it is the spirit that should dwell in 
the hearts of all who love and fear God. In 
freeing out souls from the bondage of sin, God has 
wrought for us a deliverance greater than that of 
the Hebrews at the Red Sea. Like the Hebrew 
host, we should praise the Lord with heart and 
soul and voice for His wonderful works to the 
children of men. Those who dwell upon Gods 
great mercies, and are not unmindful of His lesser 
gifts, will put on the girdle of gladness and make 
melody in their hearts to the Lord. The daily 
blessings that we receive from the hand of God, and 
above all else the death of Jesus to bring 
happiness and heaven within our reach, should be a 
theme for constant gratitude. What compassion, 
what matchless love, has God shown to us, lost 
sinners, in connecting us with Himself, to be to Him 
a peculiar treasure! What a sacrifice has been 
made by our Redeemer, that we may be called 
children of God! We should praise God for the blessed 
hope held out before us in the great plan of 
redemption, we should praise Him for the heavenly 
inheritance and for His rich promises; praise Him that 
Jesus lives to intercede for us. PP289 [Remnant 
SB] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

2 Corinthians 3:18 - More and More Like 
Jesus! 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20210920-0920.html 

2 Corinthians 3:18 - What We Behold . We 
Become! 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200602-0907.html 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs