Bible League: Living His Word He gives us plenty of good things. He makes us young again, like an eagle that grows new feathers.— Psalm 103:5 ERV Psalm 103 is a song of praise to the Lord. It begins with, "My soul, praise the LORD! Every part of me, praise his holy name! My soul, praise the LORD and never forget how kind he is!" (Psalm 103:1-2). It then goes on to list a number of the kindnesses that the Lord bestows upon His people. Our verse for today has one of them. The Lord gives us plenty of good things. Indeed, He gives us so many good things that we're made young again, like an eagle that grows new feathers after the molting of its old feathers. What are the "good things" mentioned in the Psalm? It could be anything. We have need of many different things in life. Each of them could be described as a good thing. We need food, clothing, shelter, and a host of other things. The Lord God provides them all. The Apostle Paul said, "God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy" (1 Timothy 6:17). And David said, "You open your hands and give every living thing all that it needs" (Psalm 145:16). God did not create us only to deny us the good things we need. The good things the Lord provides do good things for us. David says they make us young again. Life can be hard. Work and toil take their toll, making us old, even old before our time. The good things can renew us, making us feel young again in body and spirit. Isaiah also uses the eagle analogy to describe this: "They will be like eagles that grow new feathers. They will run and not get weak. They will walk and not get tired" (Isaiah 40:31). Maybe you're feeling a little tired today. Maybe your wings are due for replacement. The Lord knows what you need. He has the good things that will perk you right up and restore your youthful vigor. He's more than willing to provide them for you. Indeed, He's willing to provide them for you richly. Get ready, then, to sing His praises. Get ready to thank Him for making you young again. Bible in a Year Old Testament ReadingExodus 4, 5, 6 Exodus 4 -- Miraculous Signs through Moses; Aaron as Mouthpiece; Moses Returns NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Exodus 5 -- Pharaoh Rejects Moses' Plea and Increases the Israelites' Labor NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Exodus 6 -- God Promises to Deliver the Families of Israel NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB New Testament Reading Matthew 16 Matthew 16 -- Pharisees Demand a Sign; Peter's Confession of Christ; Jesus Foretells His Death and Rebukes Peter NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library. Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion The LORD lives! Praise to my Rock!May God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted! Insight David praises God wholeheartedly. Praise is not just a song about God; it is a song to God. Challenge Praising God has several aspects to it: (1) Say thank you to him for each attribute of his divine nature; (2) focus our hearts on him; (3) thank him for his many gracious gifts to us; and (4) thank him for our relationship with him. Morning and Evening by Spurgeon Psalm 89:19 I have exalted one chosen out of the people.Why was Christ chosen out of the people? Speak, my heart, for heart-thoughts are best. Was it not that he might be able to be our brother, in the blest tie of kindred blood? Oh, what relationship there is between Christ and the believer! The believer can say, "I have a Brother in heaven; I may be poor, but I have a Brother who is rich, and is a King, and will he suffer me to want while he is on his throne? Oh, no! He loves me; he is my Brother." Believer, wear this blessed thought, like a necklace of diamonds, around the neck of thy memory; put it, as a golden ring, on the finger of recollection, and use it as the King's own seal, stamping the petitions of thy faith with confidence of success. He is a brother born for adversity, treat him as such. Christ was also chosen out of the people that he might know our wants and sympathize with us. "He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin." In all our sorrows we have his sympathy. Temptation, pain, disappointment, weakness, weariness, poverty--he knows them all, for he has felt all. Remember this, Christian, and let it comfort thee. However difficult and painful thy road, it is marked by the footsteps of thy Saviour; and even when thou reachest the dark valley of the shadow of death, and the deep waters of the swelling Jordan, thou wilt find his footprints there. In all places whithersoever we go, he has been our forerunner; each burden we have to carry, has once been laid on the shoulders of Immanuel. "His way was much rougher and darker than mine Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I repine?" Take courage! Royal feet have left a blood-red track upon the road, and consecrated the thorny path forever. Daily Light on the Daily Path Romans 5:5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.Isaiah 49:23 "Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick the dust of your feet; And you will know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame. Jeremiah 17:7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. Isaiah 26:3,4 "The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You. • "Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock. Psalm 62:5,6 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. • He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. Hebrews 6:17-20 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, • so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. • This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, • where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. |
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