COUNTING
YOUR BLESSINGS II
Memorise:
Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war,
Read: Psalms 103:1-5, 103
Bless
the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from
destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Bible in
one year: Matthew 13:44-16:4, Job 13:1-16
MESSAGE!!!
Still
dwelling on counting your blessings, we must consider some other things as
highlighted by the great Psalmist so that we may understand what made him a
great worshipper. There are many seen and unseen battles of life that pose to
destroy us, and it is the unseen battles of life that pose to destroy us, and
it is the unseen Hands of the Almighty God that have kept us alive. For life
alone, we must bless the Lord. In our memory verse for today, the Psalmist
blesses the Lord for teaching his hands to war and directing his fingers to
fight aright. We must realise that not all fighters win in the battles of life,
many are destroyed by the hostility of life. This might have influenced David
to write:
“Bless the
Lord O my soul …. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction….” Psalms 103:4
Considering
the numerous battles David fought, particularly against king Saul, one should
know
that but
for God, David would have died a premature death. David lived to a very old
age, though his beloved son overthrew him and sought his life; he survived his
external and internal enemies. To him, the kindness God showed to him was not
ordinary, it was the loving type. Meaning that kindness has categories! How I
wish someone reading this devotional will appreciate God’s kindness to him as
intensely as David did.
David saw
good food, its nourishment and appetite to eat it as blessings from the Lord in
verse 5 of our text today. What a grateful creature of the Almighty God David
was. There is a story told of a woman, from Ijesaland in the South-West of
Nigeria, who was fond of thanking God for good food and the appetite to eat
well. Anytime Mama-Ijesa came up for testimony, she would tell of how God
provided not only good food but also appetite to eat it. Her Pastor became
bored of the one and only testimony of this grateful woman and stopped her from
giving testimonies in the Church. Not long after, the Pastor took ill, and on
his sick bed, all sorts of food were brought to him but he had no appetite to
eat any of them. When Mama-Ijesa came visiting like other parishioners, she
innocently asked whether her Pastor was eating well. It was then that the
Pastor realised that having good food to eat is not enough, but having appetite
to eat it is equally praiseworthy.
Action
Point’
Take
minimum of 15 minutes to thank God for His Goodness and Mercies over your life
and that of your loved ones.
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