Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
God chose one people freely from all nations and bound Himself to them by covenant. He did not merely speak His promises to Abraham and his seed; He proved them true across centuries with unnumbered mercies, so that those delivered from Egypt would keep faith with Him and serve Him faithfully.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:1-45
Until the time that his word came. God has his times, and his children must wait till his "until" is fulfilled. Joseph was tried as in a furnace, until the Lord's assaying work was fully accomplished. The word of the chief butler was nothing, he had to wait until God's word came, and meanwhile the word of the Lord tried him.
In praising God, reach back to what He did when His church was founded, for we who live now reap the benefit of those ancient mercies. His promise to the patriarchs was not mere words but His command, binding for a thousand generations, and the entail of it shall never be cut off.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:8-24