Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
It has been a spiritual high for a really long time; it's terribly tempting to think myself as a person better than others.
Or even when comparing myself to others is out of the picture, I by myself have strong tendencies to think I'm walking (to an extent) righteously now because of my own strong will to press into Him.
Living life without known sin for this long, it's easy to forget where I once was and the feeling of known sin.
Worship nowadays are without tears--just filled with joy.
It's easy to forget.
Definitely He wants me to walk in victory, but sometimes it's hard to remember when I've been walking in it for so long.
Usually that's when He has to shock me into remembrance and bring me back to the reality of this broken nature.
... He did that last week, and now He tells me "forget not."
Pastor Dan on Sunday night said about holy communion that it is much like a reset button.
We throw away everything and come before Him just as we are.
We throw out of our minds the good, the bad, the nasty things we did after our salvation and come to Him like we did the first time.
It hit me hard.
"You want me to throw out of my mind all my ministry accomplishments? All my counseling gifts and skill? You want me to take all that victorious living out of my head and come before You?"
It was a reset button.
It was a "forget not."
It was refreshing.
Psalm 103:1-5;
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