"Then sings my soul . . . " Does your soul sing? When it does, what does it say? David paused to ponder God's goodness and remembered all of the benefits of our great Benefactor, our beneficent God.
If we wonder why to praise God we may start with forgiveness. God forgives all of our sins. All of them. Horatio Spafford captured this: "My sin, O the bliss of this glorious thought, My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!"
God heals all of our diseases. Somebody will say, "But I still have allergies." But all of us may look back and think of a time when God healed us. One young friend was fighting allergies and the pain of ear pressure on a plane. He told me he prayed and while he prayed the pain left with no residual aching. Our King has "healing in his hands." Someday, at the ultimate healing, all of our diseases will be healed and we will have new bodies which are incorruptible and imperishable.
God redeems our lives from the pit. Consider where you might be if Jesus had not intervened and redeemed you. We don't know where we would be without God, but we know that it would not be good. He lifted us out of the miry clay and put a new song in our mouths!
God crowns us with love and compassion. What crown does God give his children? There is the crown of righteousness and the victorious crown of life. But there is more. Love alone would be enough. But God's crowning grace in our lives also covers us with his compassion. For this, we can be most grateful. Let your soul sing about these things today!
