Never forget the goodness of God in your life
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Psalm 103
Of David.
1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, 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.
If you look back from January to this present time you will realise the year has been a challenging one and many people have given up about the year. The Psalmist understood the situation he was but stepped out to appreciate his life. Sometimes you need to step out of your life to have an objective view of your life and then you will be moved to thank God better. The true appreciation you can give must come from within, a heartfelt appreciation, and this is only possible when you step out of your life and take an objective view.
The psalmist says, forget not all His benefit. As humans we usually have short memory. Through the course of the year I experience so many challenges that made me to begin to question my stand with God and His answering all my prayers and fasting? After we have made arrangements to travel to France as a family for a programme and to visit another country in Europe, everything went wrong. And at the end of it all we have lost about #700,000. I felt bad and question God. But then I decided to look back at my life considering all that God has done for me and my family. And I realise that the Lord has done so much in answering my prayers and I realise how important this topic is, Never Forget.
Never forget the goodness of God in your life. You need to cast your mind back through the year, the pandemic, diseases and troubles, have you forgotten how God has preserved you from all these. As I contemplate, I realise God is a faithful God.
The psalmist says we should not forget to thank God for forgiving our sins. This is very important because if God has judged us according to our sins none of us would have been here. We need to thank God especially for our salvation.
Secondly, God heals every one of our diseases. How important his is especially at the face of this coronavirus pandemic which has ravaged lives, families and disease. Some persons are helpless in the hospital and wishing that God should only take away their ailment but we are here healthy. We need to thank God for keeping us from these diseases and for healing us.
NEVER FORGET