What is the context?
Thanks, song, proclamation, joy, and seeking are gathered into one invitation. The people are asked to remember wonders and judgments.
The audience is named through Abraham and Jacob. The following history will give their praise a particular covenant memory.
Seeking God is not separated from receiving that story. The call turns attention to His deeds rather than treating spirituality as an achievement without a past.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley reads the seeking through God’s gracious presence and strength. The reference to Jacob identifies the people addressed here without requiring a claim that God can never show mercy beyond them.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.