“forget not all his benefits”. Scriptures show us the wonders of God’s hand in the lives of the ancient saints. But, have you stopped to consider his hands in your life today?
His Hand In Your Life
Psalm 103:5 “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:”
It’s pleasing and profitable to consider the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints-to observe his goodness in delivering them, his mercy in pardoning them, and his faithfulness in keeping his covenant with them.
But shouldn’t it be even more interesting and profitable for us to consider the hand of God in our own lives? Shouldn’t we look on our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of his goodness and of his truth, as much a proof of his faithfulness and reliability as the lives of any of the saints who have gone before?
We do our Lord an injustice when we suppose that he worked all his mighty acts and showed himself strong for those in the early time, but no longer works or displays his power for the saints who are now upon the earth.
Let us review our own lives. Surely in these we may discover some happy instances which refreshed us and glorified our God. Have you had no deliverances? Have you passed through no rivers supported by God’s presence? Have you walked through no fires unharmed? Have you had no experiences of God’s grace? Have you had no choice favours? The God who gave Solomon the desire of his heart, has he never listened to you and answered your requests? That God of lavish bounty of whom David sang, “who satisfies you with good” (Ps. 103:5), has he never filled you with blessings? Has he never made you to lie down in green pastures? Has he never led you by the still waters?
Surely God has been as good to us as to the saints of old. Then, let us weave his mercies into a song. Let us take the pure gold of thankfulness and the bright jewels of praise and make them into another crown for the head of Jesus. Let our souls pour forth music as sweet and as exhilarating as came from David’s harp while we praise the Lord whose mercy endures forever.
Devotional from P. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening.