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1 Praise the Lord, my soul;

    all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

2 Praise the Lord, my soul,

    and forget not all his benefits—

3 who forgives all your sins

    and heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit

    and crowns you with love and compassion,

5 who satisfies your desires with good things

    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. - Psalm 103 (NIV)

 

These are the first 5 verses of Psalm 103. They was written by King David. Did you know that he was a musician? Did you know that the word Psalms comes from the Greek word, psalmoi which means “"instrumental music" and,the words accompanying the music?  In the original Hebrew text the word was Tehillim which means praises!

 

The Psalms was like a song book for the Israelites. They sang about the goodness of God and how he delivered them.  They also sang about the hard times and how they decided to trust in God for deliverance.

 

Now we must understand what this means. Imagine going to Church today and everyone is singing together words declaring God forgives all sin and heals all diseases. Do you think most churches will be willing to sing that? I know of some that would and do it rejoicing that it’s true.

 

The Israelites believed God was their healer. As we said in our last podcast that this is exactly who God told them he was, their Healer. (See Exodus 15:26)

 

As they sang together they were affirming their belief in the God who heals. There was no doubt that it was God’s will for them. They were so convinced that they sang about it. 

 

Now think about a song that you like. Don’t you go around sometimes singing it to yourself? Speaking the words of the song?

 

I want you to know you can sing songs of God’s goodness and declaring Him as your Healer as you sing. 

 

Let’s look at Colossians 3:16, “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”

 

The Psalms were not just used as songs, but as ways to teach and encourage each other. It was also a way to give God thanks.

 

My challenge for you today is to begin singing songs to yourself that will encourage you to look upon the Lord as your Healer. You can make up a tune using Psalm 103 or your can even make up your own song. In doing so you will be following God’s instructions as revealed in his Word. In doing so you will be allowing the message of Christ to dwell richly among you!

Blessings,
Tim Dumas
Hope for Healing, Faith for Living