March 12 Praise the Lord

Read Psalm 103 Praise the Lord Psalms 103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits — 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. HOW’S your “praise quotient”? In other words, are you eager to praise the Lord? I’m always curious to see how people respond when I speak of praising God. Many times people seem to wonder, “Why? Did something miraculous happen?” For some odd reason, we are disinclined to praise God unless “something miraculous” – healed cancer, a child born to a couple struggling to conceive, a check showing up in the mail to exactly meet your rent, a storm that stops at your front door – happens. That’s when I get frustrated. The thing is, something miraculous has happened, and it is so very much better than anything you and I can think about here on earth. The miraculous happening is the Lord, “who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion”! The psalmist proclaims the wonder and power of God to have the power to heal your earthly disease, and he proclaims God’s power to heal the disease of sin that has invaded your soul. God’s healing is for all time. God’s healing is for eternity…for eternity…for eternity. Eternity doesn’t stop. God’s healing takes you to a place where the joy never ceases and where “(v 7) from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children. Praise God! Did something miraculous happen? You bet it did! It’s True! Receive Jesus as Lord, and this everlasting healing is yours.