East to West

Have you praised the Lord today? Yes, we can do it every day, not just on Sunday. We have so many reasons to stop and praise God for the many blessings we have. Also, to praise Him for what He has done, is doing, and will continue to do.

As I was reading Psalm 103 this morning, this daily act of praise was reinforced. In that psalm, we are told to praise 7 times (if I counted right). In the middle of "Praising the Lord", we are given several examples why we need to do this.

Here are a few reasons to praise the Lord today:

  • heals our diseases (vs. 3)
  • redeems our life from the pit (vs. 4)
  • satisfies our desires (vs. 5)
  • works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed (vs. 6)
  • made known His ways (vs. 7)
  • He is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love (vs. 8)
  • His mercy (vs. 10)
  • Has established His throne and His kingdom rules over all (vs. 19)
One of the verses that stuck out to me today was how He has removed my sin. It says in verse 12, "as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us." Amazing! Our awesome and holy God has chosen to remove our sins. See other verses that relate to our sins-vs. 3, 10, 12. How can a holy, just and righteous God look past our sins? It is called the Gospel-Jesus came and lived a perfect life and died on the cross to forgive us of our sins (past, present, and future). Our sins have been dealt with on the cross. All we have to do is accept the free gift of grace offered to us.

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