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God’s Great Gace

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2024-04-27 [시편(Psalm) 103:1 - 103:14]

1	[Of David.] 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 forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,
4	who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5	who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6	The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
7	He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
8	The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9	He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.
10	He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11	For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12	as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13	As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
14	For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

Thinking & Understanding
The poet was in a state in which he could do nothing other than praise God. The God of forgiveness, healing, salvation, love, and mercy, and the God who answered his prayers, had bestowed great grace on him. He remembered that the grace he was singing about was actually the same grace that Israel had been enjoying from the days of old. Through His grace, God rescued Israel through Moses and forgave and restored them; even when Israel made mistakes and betrayed God, He was gracious toward them. God knows how weak we are and embraces us as His children (vv. 1-14).

Who is God?
Vv. 1-2 God will forever be the object of our praise. The poet commanded his own soul to bless the Lord and to never forget the grace He had given. Our God, who knows even the number of hairs on our heads (Matt. 10:30), shows infinite grace to us. How might we remember this always?

What lesson is God teaching me?
V. 14 God knows about our weaknesses. He knows how easy it is for people to sin, so He has compassion on us and forgives us. Make sure that the God who sees into your heart only finds genuine love inside you. Let us consider not how we can receive more from God in the future but how we can love and fear Him more.

Prayer
Lord, have mercy on me, for I am weak and in need of your forgiveness.