I take us back a few weeks. Actually it was a couple months ago through a daily reading of Scripture that something clicked. It wasn’t a voice out of the sky. It wasn’t a bolt of lightening or even wind blowing or lights flickering. What it was was something that opened my eyes to see something truly beautiful.
As I sat on the couch that week day morning the verses of Psalm 103 seemed to come alive more than usually. There was power in those verses almost like God was sitting on the other end of the couch, and we were having a conversation.
Scripture does that. God does that, and I need it. How about you?
That spun me in to preparing for the sermon series we are currently in at The Community Fellowship as we teach through Psalm 103. There is nothing super different. There is nothing earth shattering. But there is our incredible God that met with King David after of a lifetime of experience and living. We idolize so many people in the Bible. David is one of those.
There are a couple sections of this chapter that I want to share with you today. These are the ones that keep me rolling as I preach and prepare for the next Sunday. One part, the first couple verses, remind me that deep inside of me wants God and cannot turn back. The next part, toward the end of the chapter, reminds me of the results of living a life in the fear of the Lord.
Psalm 103:1-2 CSB
My soul, bless the Lord, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 My soul, bless the Lord, and do not forget all his benefits.
From deep inside David would bless God and never forget how good He is.
Psalm 103:17-18 CBS
But from eternity to eternity the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him, and his righteousness toward the grandchildren 18 of those who keep his covenant, who remember to observe his precepts.
May we allow God to speak to us. May we long for God never forget Him.
Psalm 103 still comes alive. May we find ourselves having conversations with God as we consume His word.
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