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Daily Devotion: Psalm 103:1-5

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Psalm 103:1-5    A Psalm 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 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."


"Bless the LORD, O my soul."  I'm thinking just now of that word, "bless".  More times than not, that word speaks of God's blessing His people. When He called Abram out of the land of the Chaldeees, God said to Abram, "I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing." And in today's verse, we are called upon to bless the Lord.  Being one who wants to see what the words mean, I looked in the Strong's Concordance for the definition. I was surprised to see the same word is used when we are blessed of the Lord and when we are to bless the Lord. I found that the word, bless, has a double meaning - depending upon the context in which it is used. It can mean "to bow in adoration" or to be a "benefit."  As in all of Scripture, we must look at the context even when trying to find the definition of a word.

So then, how can we possibly bless the Lord?  "What can I possibly do that would benefit God?"  It is very apparent that today's passage speaks of our adoration unto the Lord.  I can do nothing that would add to God's character or that would benefit Him.  We saw back in Psalm 29 that we are to "give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name." We are to give praise unto the Lord. We are to give thanks unto Him. When our hearts and minds are taken to the fact that God blesses us with salvation, forgiveness, healing, redemption, lovingkindness and mercy, our hearts are humbled and we begin to speak glory unto the name of the Lord. When we realize that our God supplies every need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus, we begin to speak our love and attention to Him. When we are blessed to be able to do all things through Christ which strengthens us, then we honor Him by the expressions of adoration and thanksgiving. Today, I want to ""Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name." Would you join with me?

Bless His Holy Name by Andrae Crouch

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

He has done great things,
he has done great things,
he has done great things,
bless his holy name!

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