Month of Praising - Day 11

Psalm 103:1-5

1 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 iniquities,

Who heals all your diseases,

4 Who redeems your life from destruction,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

In the months of thanksgivings and praises, I always feel short for God's blessings - it can take me 1-2 hours to squeeze the words out of my heart. Brothers and sisters, I'm not sure if you feel the same way, that when we try giving thanks and praises to God, we don't have much to say. It's not that God's grace is not sufficient or His love changes. We feel short for thanksgiving and praising because we forget the amazing things He has done on/within us.

It's painful to be forgetful - I, as well as people around me, suffer from it a lot. Spiritual forgetfulness is even more dreadful. Not only will we find it impossible to get out of our weaknesses in difficulties, but also we will sadden God's heart, when we choose to forget Him. As David wrote, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits". He emphasized that we should forget not - forget not His love for us, and forget not His perfect salvation. He is the faithful God who keeps His covenant of love. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. He never forgets us. Today and for the rest of our life, let's not forget Him and give Him all the thanks and praises.

詩篇103:1-5

1 我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華；凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌他的聖名！

2 我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記他的一切恩惠。

3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，醫治你的一切疾病。

4 他救贖你的命脫離死亡，以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。

5 他用美物使你所願的得以知足，以致你如鷹返老還童。

实在亏欠，我个人在感恩月，赞美月里面写这些经文分享的时候，常觉得词穷？绞尽脑汁，花费1，2小时，才挤出几行字而已。不知道弟兄姐妹，在向神感恩和赞美的时候，是不是也常常有这样的体会呢？为什么？难道是神给我们的恩典比别人少吗，神今天不爱我们了吗？我们都知道答案是否定的。归根结底，主要的原因是我们常常忘记了神在我们身上所做的一切。

健忘是一件非常令人痛苦的事情，我就常受其害，身边的人也因此非常苦恼。属灵的健忘症其实更可怕，不单叫我们常常因着难处深陷软弱而无法自拔，更是叫我们的神伤心和难过。诗人在这里说：“我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华！不可忘记他的一切恩惠！”。诗人把焦点放在“不可忘记”，提醒自己不要忘记神对我们的爱，祂所完成的救赎大功，祂是守约施慈爱的神 ，各样美善的恩赐，和这各样全备的赏赐，都是从祂而来。神从来没有忘记我们，今天，我们也不可忘记来感恩，和赞美祂。