Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
Pure down-to-earth happiness, what everybody wants but few find, is the theme of the psalms. Number 103 can be read as the secret not only of personal happiness, but of health and healing too:
“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” There’s only this one word in Hebrew for “bless,” transliterated as barak (in Kiswahili we still have “baraka,” the common word for happy blessings from the Lord; it came to us through the Arabic, thence the Hebrew).
“Don’t forget all His benefits,” is next. Our old hymn tries to say it, “Count your many blessings!” When everything has seemed to go wrong, and even death stares you in the face, can’t you “count” as one blessing the truth that the Son of God has died your second death? It can’t be wrong to revel in that, even if you’re drawing your last mortal breath! There’s life and healing in that reveling.
“Who forgives all your iniquities.” You can spend all day thinking of that “baraka.” (No day is long enough.)
“Who heals all your diseases.” Maybe we should recognize that there is a deeper truth therein—“who [continually tries to] heal” them, but is hindered by our continual state of unbelief. “To bless Him” instead of continually wailing, “Bless me, O Lord!” is a health-giving exercise “of my soul.” It’s a grand paradigm shift in thinking, a new departure in faith that is consistent with the new and deeper truths inherent in the “cleansing of the sanctuary.” They pervade living in this grand Day of Atonement. It’s a distinctly fresh thought in the popular “relationship” idea: a bride stands in a different “relationship” to the Bridegroom than does the flower girl at the wedding; such feeling for Christ (as He is suffering today) is healing to a soul sick with egocentricity.
“Who redeems your life from destruction.” You don’t pray your thanks to the angel who saved you from that car crash, but you thank the Lord for sending him.
“Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies ...” No more words can help your healing if you simply believe that!
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