"Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion..."
{Psalm 103:2,4} (NIV 1984)
Jeremiah knew all about being in a pit. His pit was a place they put him to kill him
(Lam. 3:53), a terrifying narrow deep hole, with water and mud at the bottom. Ezekiel prophesied to the king of Tyre that he would be put in a pit to wait there until his destruction (Ez 28:8). Zechariah spoke of God rescuing us from a waterless pit, a pit without the Holy Spirit, a holding place for death (Zech 9:11).
Remember O my soul, that the LORD redeemed me out of that pit. He paid the price, His own Son’s blood, He purchased me and brought me out of the pit and up into Life! As wonderful as this truth is, and as beneficial to our soul that meditating on it would be, David reminds his soul that God didn’t stop there. No! The LORD Almighty, the King of all creation, crowns us. Not only are we brought up out of the pit, not only are we cleaned up and given new clothes, but He crowns us, for we are now children of the King. His love will never fail, His mercy is new every morning, and He Himself, draws near to us each minute to bring us help, for He has compassion on us as a father has compassion on his children.
Bless the LORD O my soul!
10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman, via YouTube
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