Psalm 103
V. 2 – Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
V. 4 – Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with chesed and tender mercies.
V. 8 – The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in chesed.
V. 11 – For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His chesed toward those who hear Him.
V. 17 – But the chesed of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on them who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children,“
Chesed is the Hebrew word often translated “lovingkindness” or “mercy” in the Old Testament. When used in reference to the Lord, it is very often tied to His forgiveness of the sins of those who look to Him (as an example, read the in-between verses of Psalm 103, which were only omitted above to save space). Interestingly, when the Lord passes by Moses in Exodus 34, He mentions His chesed twice as He proclaims His character (“…abundant in chesed and truth, keeping chesed for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin…” vs. 6-7). Truly, we all stand in need of God’s chesed, not just at salvation, but on a daily basis. What a wondrous thing it is, therefore, that chesed is an integral part of His very nature. Come and drink deeply!
1. Pray for the ambulance driver of the above vehicle – who offers physical chesed to those in need – to himself experience the spiritual chesed of God.
2. The world’s largest diamond mine is near Yakutsk. Pray that today, the Lord will redeem the life of a diamond miner, crowning him with His invaluable chesed and tender mercies.
3. Pray for the Father to be glorified in Yakutsk for His chesed!
