BLESS THE LORD, O MY SOUL
THE SEED
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Psalm 103:2
David said his soul must never forget God’s benefits, and then he began to list those benefits for us. Many of us believers are failing, and we quickly forget the benefits of the Most High God. If somebody wakes up in the morning and begins to shout, “Praise the Lord, glory be to God!”, prompting people to gather and ask questions, he responds saying, ‘I am thanking God for a brand new day to be alive’, they would begin to wonder if he is in need of a psychiatrist. However, if somebody wakes up early in the morning and begins to weep and wail over the death of a friend overnight, people would say, “Oh, sorry, we understand”. It is the nature of man to remember evil things and forget the good, but we believers are a new creature, and should see reason to appreciate and do the opposite of what unbelievers will do. It is dangerous, when you find it difficult to thank God for what He has done. Some years ago, the spirit of God helped me to flash back many years of my childhood and what the Lord has helped me to overcome without any effort on my part, such a thing has taken the lives of many. Thanking God is a personal thing, what can you see, how do you see it? If you cannot see anything or you feel it is all by yourself, then to understand how to thank God will be difficult. David can see it, feel it and enjoy it, that was why he said; Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.
BIBLE READING: Psalm 34:1-3
PRAYER: Father, thank you, thank you and thank you
FI IBUKÚN FUN OLUWA, IWỌ ỌKÀN MI
IRUGBIN NAA
Fi ibukun fun Oluwa, iwo okan mi, ma si se gbagbe gbogbo ore Re: Psalm 103:2
Dáfídì sọ pé ọkàn òun kò gbọ́dọ̀ gbàgbé àwọn àǹfààní Ọlọ́run láé, ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í to àwọn àǹfààní yẹn lélẹ̀ fún wa. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwa onígbàgbọ́ ni àṣìṣe, a sì yára gbàgbé àwọn àǹfààní Ọlọ́run Ọ̀gá Ògo. Bí ẹnìkan bá jí ní òwúrọ̀ tí ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí kígbe pé, “Ẹ yin Olúwa, ògo ni fún Ọlọ́run!” ó pariwo debi pe awọn araadugbo pejọ lati beere lọwọ rẹ pe kini o ṣẹlẹ ati lẹhinna o dahun pe, “Mo n dupẹ lọwọ Ọlọrun fun ọjọ tuntun kan lati wa laaye, wọn yoo bẹrẹ sii ṣe iyalẹnu boya o nilo dokita ọpọlọ. Bibẹẹkọ, ti ẹnikan ba ji ni kutukutu owurọ ti o bẹrẹ si sọkun ati sọkun nitori iku ọrẹ kan ni alẹ, awọn eniyan yoo sọ pe, “O, ma binu, oye wa”. O jẹ ẹda eniyan lati ranti awọn nkan buburu ati gbagbe ohun rere, ṣugbọn awa onigbagbọ, jẹ ẹda tuntun, ati pe o yẹ ki o rii idi lati riri ati ṣe idakeji ohun ti awọn alaigbagbọ yoo ṣe. O lewu nigbati o ba rii pe o nira lati dupẹ lọwọ Ọlọrun fun ohun ti O ṣe. Ní ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún sẹ́yìn, ẹ̀mí Ọlọ́run ràn mí lọ́wọ́ láti yí padà ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún séyìn ìgbà èwe mi àti ohun tí Olúwa ti ràn mí lọ́wọ́ láti borí láìsí ìsapá mi, irú nǹkan bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ti gba ẹ̀mí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ènìyàn. Dídúpẹ lọwọ Ọlọrun jẹ ohun ti ara ẹni, kini o le rii, bawo ni o ṣe rii? Ti o ko ba le ri ohunkohun tabi ti o kun gbogbo rẹ jẹ nipasẹ rẹ, lẹhinna lati ni oye bi o ṣe le dupẹ lọwọ Ọlọrun yoo nira. Dafidi le rii, mòó lára ati gbadun rẹ, idi niyi ti o fi sọ pe; Fi ibukun fun Oluwa, iwo okan mi, ma si se gbagbe gbogbo ore Re.
BIBELI KIKA: Sáàmù 34:1-3
ADURA: Baba, e seun, e seun mo dupe. Amin.