Making it known
Dan Harper
August 31, 2026
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Psalm 105: 1–6 (NIV-UK)
1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
2 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
3 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
4 Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.5 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
6 you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,
his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
Did you know that there is enough gold inside your phone to buy a terrible cup of coffee?
Tiny amounts of gold are used in smartphone electrical wizardry because gold conducts electricity and doesn’t rust or corrode. This shiny metal, prized by humans forever, is hidden away, doing a job where nobody admires it, and nobody has turned it into jewellery.
Our Psalm today tells us to give thanks, sing, rejoice and “make known” what God has done. Which suggests something shiny and elaborate, but is that the point?
It can be tempting, when we are trying to make the stuff of God visible, to put up signs, or wear gold crosses, or build fancy churches. We polish and display our faith in dazzling, eye-catching ways.
But perhaps, like the gold in our phone, some of the most important expressions of faith are almost invisible. The gold of faith isn’t about the jewellery or apparent value.
The gold of faith is the connections, the things that we can’t see that makes everything else possible.
Prayer:
Dear God,
Help your love flow through us, so that in what we say and do, others might encounter something of you.
Amen.
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