“Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s! The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly. He revealed his character to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel. The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever. He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust. Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. The wind blows, and we are gone— as though we had never been here. But the love of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children’s children of those who are faithful to his covenant, of those who obey his commandments! The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything. Praise the Lord, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands. Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels who serve him and do his will! Praise the Lord, everything he has created, everything in all his kingdom. Let all that I am praise the Lord.”
Psalms 103:1-22 NLT
One of the greatest sentiments in all of the scripture is the self directed guidance of whole hearted worship to God. Here we see another aspect of David’s relationship with God. Here we see his passion. He is a man who understands the divide between himself and his desires and we see that there is a dominant and a submissive side. The dominant side calls is both rational and passionate. It experiences his relationship with God with an intensity of emotions and thoughts. These are recorded together and used and become the substance of his worship. The fault line of his soul is not on reason and emotion but rather who he is as a created being versus who he is as a creative being. The created being directs the creative to not stray from his ontology. It is in the fact of his createdness that his creativity bears the most significance. Praise for God ought to affirm this distinction and command submission to it. It is here that, and in this note that commands himself to worship God whole heartedly. We must also reconcile these two aspects of ourselves to truly unleash our own passions.
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