The Gospel for Every Day
Each day, we slow down to align our hearts with God’s Rhythms of Grace.
This series, we turn our ear to God’s Call to Go
This week, we meditate on the theme of Slow to Anger throughout Scripture.
Today’s Scripture
Today the psalmist declares that our God’s mercy, grace, patience, and love are not vague concepts but concrete realities that deserve a response of praise and blessing. We bless his name today, trusting that his unchanging character gives us assurance even before our circumstances change.
Reading slowly, let God convict you by his truth and overwhelm you by his grace in Christ.
Psalm 103:1-13
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
Gospel Meditation
Prayerfully meditate on the Scripture you just read using the rhythm Look Up, Look In, Look Out:
Look Up: What does this reveal about God?
Look In: What does this reveal about me?
Look Out: Where is Christ leading me today?
Closing Prayer
From Jonah 3 and Exodus 34
Father,
You did not clear the guilty by turning a blind eye to the evil in Nineveh, but warned them through your reluctant prophet, “Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
You were slow to anger when you gave them forty days to change
You overflowed with steadfast love when you saw their repentance, and relented from bringing disaster
Only you keep steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin
This new day, I turn from evil and call out mightily to you, trusting that you are still slow to anger, and that you still abound in steadfast love.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen
