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SUALLY, God's promises have been spoken to small and insignificant groups and individuals. And, He has plainly declared the reason for this. If He only used the chiefs and the mighty men among us, they would all strut about tooting their own horns. But, He has chosen the weak, the foolish, the despised and irrelevant among us so that no undue credit can be claimed by clay vessels (I Corinthians 1:26-29). Who would Noah, Abraham or Moses have been if God had not elected to bless them? Were Peter, Paul and John chosen because of their perfection? Even the author of this Psalm (compare to I Chronicles 16:8-22) was nothing and nobody until God took him and raised him up (II Samuel 7:8).
This passage is a historic recitation of just how God went about blessing the nation of Israel and how He brought them from being "very few'' (Psalm 105:12) up until He had made them stronger than their enemies (Psalm 105:24). Their rags-to-riches story was a great demonstration of the wondrous works and ways of God. He has done marvelous things with them. From Jacob to Joseph, and all the way through until today, God has been keeping a promise that He made originally to one man, that is, to Abraham (Psalm 105:42).
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