The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. - Psalm 103:8-14
Every day I fall short in my quest to please God and to be like Jesus. But God knows us, He made us. He remembers that "we are dust." This is why Jesus came. This why we need to surrender our lives to Him. This is why we must receive Him as Lord and Savior.
These verses from Psalm 103 are the Gospel. They are amazing truths about God and about why we can live in hope. They are why He is worthy of all our praise and worship.
But you must fear Him. You must fear Him so much that you have no other option, no other hope, but to live in faith and in joyful expectation of His mercy and grace.
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