The Lord is… A Series from the Psalms
Psalm 103
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
How much does the
Lord love you?
This past week my
grandson lost his first tooth. He wiggled it right out of his mouth as Nonna, (the
name my wife is called by the grandkids), was bringing him to our house for
dinner. He could barely contain his excitement. In fact, he hardly ate anything
because he couldn’t wait to tell his parents.
When we got him
home, his Mom had scarcely opened the door when he shouted, “I lost my tooth
Mommy”! Without missing a beat, and with just as much excitement, she shouted,
“That is so great Buddy”, and wrapped her arms around him. It was a tender
moment of a Mom loving her son.
In this Psalm,
David wrote about all the things the sovereign Lord had done for him personally,
as well as for Israel as a nation. But the main focus of the psalm is the
eternal love of the Lord. It gives context and meaning to all that He does.
17 But
Lord, your endless love stretches
from one eternity to the other,
unbroken and unrelenting toward those who fear you
and those who bow face down in awe before you.
Your faithfulness to keep every gracious promise you’ve made
passes from parents, to children, to grandchildren, and beyond. TPT
from one eternity to the other,
unbroken and unrelenting toward those who fear you
and those who bow face down in awe before you.
Your faithfulness to keep every gracious promise you’ve made
passes from parents, to children, to grandchildren, and beyond. TPT
Because my
grandson is five years old, and because this was his first tooth to come out,
he thought the tooth fairy should leave him a $5 bill. Of course, the tooth
isn’t worth $5; but the tender love that his mother showed him was priceless.
The Lord loves us in the same way.
13 The
same way a loving father feels toward his children—
that’s but a sample of your tender feelings toward us,
your beloved children, who live in awe of you. TPT
that’s but a sample of your tender feelings toward us,
your beloved children, who live in awe of you. TPT
Let us respond to the
tender love of our Heavenly Father in the same way that David began and ended
this psalm.
1 Let
all that I am praise the Lord;with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. NLT
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