Learning How to
Bless the Lord
Always
By Pastor Parris Bailey
“
B
less The Lord oh my soul and all
that is within me! Bless The
Lord oh my soul and all that is
within me and forget not his benefits.” Psalm
103:1-3
heed and bestir itself. What dictates you this
morning? Let's join with all creation as they
start early with their Song of Songs, forgetting not his benefits. Deut 8:11 says to
"beware lest thou forget The Lord thy God, in
keeping his commandments and his judgBlaise Pascal said, "The serene, silent beauty ments." I know if we spend the rest of our
of a holy life is the most powerful influence in lives reminiscing all what he has done we will
the world, next to the might of the Spirit of
never grow tired of his graces. In fact it will
God."
awaken and deepen our affections for him as
we stir ourselves up over all what He has
I love to see the process of the change that
done. "A good man will rouse himself and
happens with the Mary’s Song girls. It makes coerce his sensuous and sluggish facilities."
me think of the tripartite man of his sprit soul
and body. Most of us go through life not tak- Everyday the girls are learning how to tap
ing a second thought of what is driving you.
into their spirit as they are "born again" and
regenerated according the Christ's gospel.
There is nothing so wonderful as learning to
live through Christ instead of our emotions.
“If we spend the rest of
John Stevenson said, "Let your conscience
our lives reminiscing
"bless the Lord," by unvarying fidelity. Let
your judgment bless Him, by decisions in acall what he has done
cordance with his word. Let your imagination
we will never grow
bless Him, by pure and holy musings. Let
tired of his graces.”
your affections praise Him, by loving whatsoever He loves. Let your desires bless Him, by
seeking only His glory. Let your memory bless
We laugh at doctors who say to eat better,
Him, by not forgetting any of his benefits. Let
get more exercise and slow down even
your thoughts bless Him, by meditating on
though our hearts are giving out. We are
his excellencies. Let your hope praise Him, by
driven by our fears, anger and unbelief and
longing and looking for the glory that is to be
self medicate just to get through a day. But
revealed. Let your every sense bless Him by
David here in this psalm of Psalms arrests
its faculty, your every word by its truth, and
himself. He learned the hard way to say to his your every act by its integrity."
soul---to bless The Lord. The spirit in him was
commanding his soul man to awaken, take
Too frequently injuries are remembered and
blessings are forgotten. Will you take today
and contemplate how he forgave you, found
you and put his seal on you? Who can under-
“There is nothing
so wonderful as
learning to live
through Christ
instead
of our emotions.”
stand this love? Why surely it will take eternity upon eternity to search this out. Are you
in debt? Are you sick? Has life done something to you unexpected? Oh reach in the
inside and let your praises rise above all of
that. Surely he will come and bring his
comfort. ●