From

Wanderer
to Pilgrim
Devotional
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We read in Psalm 107:1-8,

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is

good; His love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say
this – those He redeemed from the
hand of the foe,
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3 those He gathered from the lands,

from east and west, from north and
south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a
desolate way. They found no city to
dwell in.
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5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted

in them.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in
their trouble, and He delivered them
out of their distresses.
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7 And He led them forth by the right

way, that they might go to a city for
habitation.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to
the LORD for His goodness, and for
His wonderful works to the children
of men!
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One phrase is repeated four times in
Psalm 107:

"Oh, that men would give thanks to

the Lord for His goodness, and for
His wonderful works to the children
of men!" (verse 8)
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The psalmist gives us five vivid
illustrations of what God has done for us
and why we should praise His name.
He talks about wanderers, prisoners,
hospital patients, mariners and people
seeking to build the city and sow the
seed.
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About wanderers the psalmist writes,
"They wandered in the wilderness in
a desolate way. They found no city to
dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their
soul fainted in them. Then they cried
out to the Lord in their trouble, and
He delivered them out of their
distresses.
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“And He led them forth by the right
way, that they might go to a city for
habitation" (verses 4-7). God rescued
them. Then there's that refrain. "Oh,
that men would give thanks to the
LORD for His goodness, and for His
wonderful works to the children of
men!" God has done this for you, so
thank Him.
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The Hebrews writer tells us how Abraham
recognized that this world was not his home,
for he was a sojourner looking for a better
place. Hebrews 11:9-10 says, “By faith he
became a sojourner in the land of
promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling
in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs
with him of the same promise: for he
looked for the city which has the
foundations, whose builder and maker is
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Once we are in Christ our citizenship is

one of Heaven. Paul wrote in Ephesians
2:19-22, “So then you are no more
strangers and sojourners, but you are
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of
the household of God, being built
upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets,
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“...Christ Jesus Himself being the

chief corner stone; in whom each
several building, fitly framed
together, grows into a holy temple in
the Lord; in Whom you also are built
together for a habitation of God in the
Spirit.”
I was a wanderer before the Lord saved me
– lonely, solitary, hungry, thirsty, aimless and
wondering where to go next. Then someone
told me about Jesus Christ – that He died on
the cross for my sins, was buried, rose again
on the third day and today is a living Savior
for all who will call upon Him.
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So I cried unto the Lord in my trouble,
and He delivered me out of my
distresses. Now I'm delivered and
guided and part of His family, no longer
lonely, no longer hungry and thirsty, for
Christ is the Bread of Life; He is the
Living Water. I am a pilgrim on my way
to a heavenly home.