May 14 - Psalm 103 | Psalm 108-110 | Psalm 122 | Psalm 124

Good morning everyone,

This morning our reading begins with, Psalm 103:1. The (kjv) says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.” I love that verse! But, what I really want to know is, how many of you heard Matt Redman’s song, “10,000 Reasons?” and sang in your head the lyrics, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, O-o-o my soul. Worship His holy name. Sing like never before, O my soul. I'll worship Your holy name.” I did, over and over, actually, but what does it mean to bless the Lord? Literally, according to a dictionary, to express or feel gratitude toward; thankful. In this Psalm, David is focusing on all the good God has done, all that He has provided for us with a list  of what we should not forget which includes, healing, redemption and forgiveness.

One of my favorite verses is 12, “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Did you know that east and west never meet? Seriously, think about it, you can get on an airplane and fly east as long as you'd like but there will never be a time when you'll reach west. Likewise, you can fly west for all eternity, but there'll never be a time when you reach east. You can go east or west forever, but you'll never reach the other. CrAzY, right?!

However, if you travel north, you can only go so far until you're going south. And if you travel south, once you pass Antarctica you'll be headed up north again and so forth. 

Jesus has washed away our sins as far as the east is from the west. His hands were stretched out on the cross as if to say, “This is how much I love you. This big.” And … and, God didn't say He separated our sins, no, no. He said, he removed, that’s right, REMOVED our sins. Friends, they’re gone! Gone, gone, gone!!!  Just as if they had never happened. We are “justified” through the blood of Christ. Don’t ever let the enemy dredge up those sins, those poor choices from days gone by and whip you with them. He is miserable and misery loves company. Just remind that wicked so-n-so, God doesn’t remember them, they are totally removed from us to be remembered no more, then bless the Lord and sing praises to His holy name. He is very worthy of our praise. Amen?

Have a great day and to God be the glory.

God bless you all …