Psalm 103
Yesterday we practiced seeing God revealed in Psalm 100. Today you can try it again with another great Psalm – 103. Read through the Psalm and search for what you can learn (or be reminded) about God.
What characteristics of God are you especially thankful for? His omniscience (all-knowing)? His omnipotence (all-powerful)? His faithfulness? His forgiveness? His compassion?
Verse 12 gives a little teaser of what was yet to come in God’s perfect plan of salvation. “As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” At the time this was written God’s people were still living under the Old Testament law with it’s system of sacrifices and priests. There was a plan in place for forgiveness but it required strict adherence to a detailed list of sacrifices and who could perform them for what sins.
Sin was – and still is – a big deal because it causes separation from God who can not be in the presence of sin.
And so, in the New Testament a new gift from God was given! A new path to forgiveness – one not just for the Jews, but for all who would believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ – the Son of God! The giver of all good gifts gave us His one and only Son – first to teach us how to live and to point us to his Father – and then to die so that we can be saved from our sins. But God still wasn’t done gifting. He raised Jesus from the dead. And today he is in heaven at God’s right hand, interceding on our behalf and serving as the mediator between God and man.
Let us forget not all his benefits…and thank Him for His Son.
-Marcia Railton
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