“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me bless His holy name. 2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, forget not all His benefits: 3. Who forgives all our iniquities; who heals all of our diseases. 4. Who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies. 5. Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagles.”
David began this psalm with praise for the Lord. He praised God with all of His heart – “all that is within me.” He praised God in gratitude for His holiness – “bless His holy name.” He praised the Lord in the light of all of the benefits of God. There are too many people in the world who think that becoming a Christian would take something out of their lives. They need to know that to the contrary, there will be multiple benefits from Him. With these benefits in mind, David warns us not to forget those benefits. If we aren’t careful we can get so tied up in the world that we do not think that we need His benefits. Nothing could be further from the truth. God’s benefits do not primarily satisfy physical needs but spiritual ones. What are these benefits? He forgives our sins. Specifically, David wrote that He “forgives all your iniquities.” Sin is our primary problem; therefore God’s forgiveness is our ultimate solution. Notice that God “forgives all of (our) iniquities.” His forgiveness leaves nothing out. People might think that they have been so sinful that they cannot be forgiven. This is not what this verse tells us, and it is what we read about in the entire Bible. Our God is a forgiving God. If you have asked for God’s forgiveness in faith, He has forgiven you; therefore, you do not need to feel guilty about it anymore. He heals our diseases. Again, we are told that he “heals all of (our) diseases.” You might be thinking that you had a disease, or an illness, of some kind and God did not heal it. You got well didn’t you, or are you still sick? God heals people directly in answer to their prayers, but He also heals us through medicine. I like to think that when I am healed it was the result of both. But if a doctor was involved in the healing, would we be wrong to give the Lord ultimate credit? But sometimes people die. For the believer, which is who this passage is about, his or her ultimate healing is to into eternity to place prepared by Jesus. Part of this The greatest benefit of God’s healing is spiritual. He “satisfies our desires with good things so that our youth is renewed like the eagle.” NIV This presupposes that our desires are in line with who He is and what He does in our lives. He brings good things into our lives and reinvigorates us with energy and joy. In Isaiah 40:33 we are given a similar promise: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk and faint.” God loving kindness and tender mercies renews us body and soul. It is my prayer that you are enjoying the benefits of the Lord. If not, you can by putting your faith and trust in Him. Bro. Joe
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