Psalms 103:1-5: My soul, praise the LORD, and do not forget all His benefits. He forgives all your sin; He heals all your diseases. He redeems your life from the Pit; He crowns you with faithful love and compassion. He satisfies you with goodness; your youth is renewed like the eagle. [CSB]
Do not forget – is the way Psalm 103 begins. And then just in case we have forgotten, the author reminds us what we should remember.
We are to remember that the LORD Almighty forgives all our sins and heals all our diseases. When we approach Him in faith, with true repentance, He forgives (and forgets) our sins. That means He will never hold them against us. He heals our diseases, things like bitterness, loneliness, anger and greed. Sometimes He will heal us physically, and we know that when we enter His presence one day, even our bodies will be new and like His glorious one.
The Lord redeems us from “the Pit” and crowns us with faithful love and compassion. I remember “the Pit” that held me before Christ Jesus lifted me from it. I remember the pit of sin and its promise of judgment and death. He lifted me from that and set my feet upon a rock—and that rock is Christ. Now I am promised crowns instead of destruction. Now I am flooded with His faithfulness, love, and compassion, no longer an enemy of God.
I am satisfied with goodness and renewed with the strength of young eagles. Every good and perfect gift that comes from the Father is mine. My exterior may be weak, but my interior, my spirit and my soul, soar with Him.
We are to remember what He has done. We are not to forget all His benefits. What a gracious God we serve!
