We Shall Bless Him for Who He is - Psalm 103

In my devotions I am presently studying the book of Psalms. I am currently reading roughly a chapter everyday and today was Psalm 103. Many of you may be familiar with it, however I encourage you to take a moment and reread it; really take in who God is and what he has does for His children. He is merciful, gracious, slow to anger, He satisfies us with good things, He does not punish us according to the mistakes we make, He won't always chide, He shows compassion to us. He is our Father, our Daddy our All in All. 

How can we not bless Him for all He is and Has done for us?

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and all that is within me,

    bless His holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and forget not all His benefits,

who forgives all your iniquity,

    who heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit,

    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

who satisfies you with good

    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The Lord works righteousness

    and justice for all who are oppressed.

 He made known His ways to Moses,

    His acts to the people of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gracious;

    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

He will not always chide,

    nor will he keep His anger forever.

He does not deal with us according to our sins,

    nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

    so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him;

as far as the east is from the west,

    so far does He remove our transgressions from us.

As a father shows compassion to his children,

    so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him.

For He knows our frame;

    He remembers that we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass;

    he flourishes like a flower of the field;

for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

    and its place knows it no more.

But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting

 to everlasting on those who fear Him,

    and His righteousness to children's children,

to those who keep his covenant

    and remember to do his commandments.

The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,

    and His kingdom rules over all.

Bless the Lord, O you his angels,

    you mighty ones who do his word,

    obeying the voice of His word!

 Bless the Lord, all His hosts,

    His ministers, who do His will!

Bless the Lord, all His works,

    in all places of his dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

-Psalm 103:1-22

“We will praise Jehovah, the Self-Existent. We will praise El, the mighty God whose power is on our side. We will praise Him who gives Himself the Covenant name of Elohim and reveals therein the Trinity of His sacred unity. We will praise the Shaddai, the All-Sufficient God and magnify Him because out of His fullness have we all received. And whatever other name there is in Scripture, or combination of names, every one shall be exceedingly delightful to our hearts and we will bless the sacred name.”

-AN EXCERPT FROM A SERMON DELIVERED ON LORD’S-DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1872, BY C. H. SPURGEON

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