BE A GRATEFUL SOUL

WEDNESDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 2022.

topic: BE A GRATEFUL SOUL

MEMORISE: "Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name." (Psalms 103:1).

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalms 103:1-5

"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 forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

EXPOSITION

Have you ever had a conversation with your soul about how good God has been to you? The grammarians call talking to oneself soliloquy. And here in Psalms 103, we have a record of how King David held a conversation with himself about the goodness of God to him. He reviewed his life seeing how much he owed God sincere gratefulness. David recalled that it is the LORD who gave him all the benefits he had enjoyed. He forgave all his sins, healed him from all diseases, redeemed his life from the pit, crowned him with love and compassion by satisfying his desires with good things, so that his life was renewed like the eagle's. Has God done anything less for you? Sincerely, you too need a conversation with your soul about God's goodness to you.The Lord deserves praises from you; not complaints.

When you talk to yourself about the difficulties you overcame in the recent past, the unmerited favour you had, the beauty of elevations you enjoyed even in moments of your weaknesses and failures, your unvoiced cries for help that were heard and the timely assistance that surfaced at moments you least expected. Then, your soul needs to sing poetic songs of gratefulness to the Almighty God who does so much for you.

Be like King David who never took God's goodness for granted, but talked to himself about it, and had it recorded for generations to learn from. Be a grateful soul always. Maintain a diary of His faithfulness like King David did. Let the generations yet unborn learn about the awesomeness of God in your life, and have derivable lessons from your records.

PRAYER POINTS 

1. Praise God who has brought you thus far and made you enviably unique among the multitudes in the world.

2. Pray that God will give you the sense and spirit of sincere thankfulness and praise to Him.

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DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – 2 Corinthians 10 - 13.