Psalm 103:2-5 NIV
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.
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.
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Rise above. Have you been in the pit? Have you thought your soul had reached the bottom? Have you from the flat of your back thought death was preferable and should you survive, surely the only way now could possibly be up, since there was nothing further below?
Have you had your love stolen away by sickness? Or have you slowly slipped down from sin? Inch by inch have you relinquished your soul to greed, only to find you had less and less, til it was nothing, and even less til the debt weighed you down? Or had bitterness, envy and strife robbed you of all hope and happiness?
Then maybe you know something of the pit.
Have you had your love stolen away by sickness? Or have you slowly slipped down from sin? Inch by inch have you relinquished your soul to greed, only to find you had less and less, til it was nothing, and even less til the debt weighed you down? Or had bitterness, envy and strife robbed you of all hope and happiness?
Then maybe you know something of the pit.
But pits are God's launch platforms!
If you have hit the bottom, then you are best placed to look up. Look into your Father's face. Your sins are forgiven. You are free as a bird. You are satiated, you are fulfilled. God had generously gifted you with lavish satisfaction of all your desires by making your desires resonate with his.
If you have hit the bottom, then you are best placed to look up. Look into your Father's face. Your sins are forgiven. You are free as a bird. You are satiated, you are fulfilled. God had generously gifted you with lavish satisfaction of all your desires by making your desires resonate with his.
You want and receive good things!
Your youth is renewed.
I've known youth who have lost their youthfulness. It is not just the aging who have mourned the loss of freedom of movement, sharpness of thought, and innocence. Even the young can grow tired and need reviving. The disease of sin saps all of their youthfulness.
But the Lord revives them all who praise him. He gives these benefits to his own. He has seen you in your distress, he has heard your whimper, he has answered the cry in your heart with compassion. He crowns you with love. He raises you up!
Rejoice, rest, and praise the Lord.
Review the benefits of his salvation. See with wonder and thankfulness the gentleness of his rescuing character. Know the loftiness of God lifting you up.
Let your soul praise him.
Are you ready in the pit?
Then praise God he can save you.
Then praise God he can save you.
Are you racked with pain, sickness, and disease?
Then praise God, he heals.
Then praise God, he heals.
Are you sinking in sin?
Then praise God, he lifts you up.
Then praise God, he lifts you up.
HE
Forgives.
Rescues.
Saves.
Restores.
Renews.
Rescues.
Saves.
Restores.
Renews.
Praise God.
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