Psalm 103:4-5
4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
I don’t know if you’re much for verb tenses, but the verb tenses in this passage should blow your socks off. God redeems, crowns and satisfies you. Those aren’t future verbs laden with hope but with no present benefit. Those aren’t past verbs expressing God’s grace, but leaving you with a terrible fear that you may fall again and He won’t come. Those are present verbs that continue.
I don’t just need one redemption; I keep falling down. I could never deserve one crowning, but if He wants the crown on my head, He’ll have to keep placing it back on. One look at God was all Moses asked for, but here God says He will satisfy so that I’m always renewed in strength. Make a resolution for 2021 to think about God’s unspeakable grace that continues every day.
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to remember the strength, love, and redemption You give every day.
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