“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”Psalms 103:2-5 NIV
We can say psalms without really comprehending them. The first verse exhorts us to not forget all of the Lord’s benefits and then the following lists His benefits.
David had amazing insight for a man who did not live under the outpouring of grace. He lists things that are ours in the New Testament: forgiveness of sin, healing, crowning with love and compassion, and he goes on to say that He satisfies our desires with good things. He understood we have a gracious and loving God.
We need to draw near to our God and not our feelings about the problems in our world. Right now we are seeing earthquakes across the globe in the magnitude of 7.7-7.1 on the Richter scale. We see wars and hear rumours of wars. In Nepal there is political unrest with demonstrations and riots. However, God is still God and we can draw near to Him. Amen!
David had amazing insight for a man who did not live under the outpouring of grace. He lists things that are ours in the New Testament: forgiveness of sin, healing, crowning with love and compassion, and he goes on to say that He satisfies our desires with good things. He understood we have a gracious and loving God.
We need to draw near to our God and not our feelings about the problems in our world. Right now we are seeing earthquakes across the globe in the magnitude of 7.7-7.1 on the Richter scale. We see wars and hear rumours of wars. In Nepal there is political unrest with demonstrations and riots. However, God is still God and we can draw near to Him. Amen!
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