MY SOUL REMEMBERED GOD
“Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise
his holy name.2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things
he does for me.3 He forgives all my sins and
heals all my diseases.4 He redeems me from death and
crowns me with love and tender mercies.5 He
fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!”
Psalms
103:1-5 (NLT)
1. God remembers me!
Jesus came as the Human One, the Son of
Man. He came with the water of His
baptism and the blood of His death. Each
one of us is created in the image of God.
Jesus loves me!
“Because God’s children are human
beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as
a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the
devil, who had the power of death.15 Only
in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the
fear of dying.” Heb 2:14-15 (NLT)
“And He has made from one blood every nation
of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their
preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so
that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and
find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in
Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have
said, 'For we are also His offspring.'” Acts
17:26-28
“We could not
seek God unless He were seeking us. We may begin to seek Him in desolation,
feeling nothing but His absence. But the mere fact that we seek Him proves that
we have already found Him. For if we continue in our prayer, we “remember” Him,
that is to say, we become conscious, once again, of Who He really is. And we
see that He has found us. When this consciousness is the work of grace, it is
always fresh and new. It is more than the recovery of a past experience. It is
a new experience and it makes us new men.”
Merton
2. Tempted and tried.
“For whatever things were written before
were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the
Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now
may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one
another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that
you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans
15:4-6
All that God caused to be written in the OT
has great meaning for us today. Such
things were written in the Scriptures to teach us. God’s people will always face difficult
times. The psalmist fears God has
forgotten him. But he finds hope as he
remembers God’s mighty deeds of old. His
soul remembered God.
“I cried out to God with my voice-- To God
with my voice; And He gave ear to me. In the day of my trouble I sought
the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul
refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled; I
complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.” Psalms
77:1-3
"For a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies I will gather you. 8 With a
little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness
I will have mercy on you," Says the Lord,
your Redeemer.” Isaiah 54:7-8
“My soul
still remembers And sinks within me. This I recall to my mind, Therefore I
have hope. Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His
compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your
faithfulness. "The Lord is my portion," says my soul,
"Therefore I hope in Him!" The Lord is good to those who wait
for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and
wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:20-26
3. But I will remember!
“And I said, "This is my
anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most
High." I will remember the works of the Lord; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. I
will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.” Psalms 77:10-12
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he
is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have
become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”
2 Cor 5:17-18
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ
HAS BECOME A NEW PERSON! [But we need to
learn to become what we already are.
“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way.”]
“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf,
be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for
us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
2 Cor
5:20-21
We stand amazed at the foot of the Cross and
look up to the Lamb of God! He is the
proof of God’s amazing Grace & Love!
"Do not be afraid; I am the First and
the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and
behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of
Death.” Rev 1:17-18
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