Destroying your critical eye-Psalm 103

Psalm 103
1Bless 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 forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

We see imperfection after imperfection when we look in the mirror or go to a doctors appointment.

The Lord only sees perfection when He looks at us, He crafted us.

Over the past year I have struggled with some of the things the Lord has placed in my life. I have questioned God wrestled with hate towards my own body and the way that it functions. I was failing the Lord daily in this matter.  It wasn't until recently that the passage in Psalms grabbed ahold of my heart.

I fully surrendered these damaging thoughts over to the Lord and every time I began thinking such things I simply prayed and asked the Lord to remove them from my thoughts.

I am just as susceptible to cancer or some other disease as you are. So whatever it is that you might be dealing with, your weight, your appearance, an un healthy self esteem, a diagnosis of some sort I challenge you to give it over to the Lord. Our bodies are a gift for us to be thankful for. Being faithful in taking care of this gift by walking according to God's plan, no matter your weight or any other issue, the Lord knows because It passed his desk before the doctors or before the scale. This thought gives me renewed strength to keep a healthy view of my body. 

Like the psalmist, I can pray this prayer of thanksgiving over my body and mean it.

Read psalm 103 again

It is so easy to zero in on what is wrong with our bodies. Maybe you hate your nose and it may seem like a shallow concern to others. But when we allow our brains to park and fixate on this place of dissatisfaction it gives Satan just enough room to share his lie that will strip you of any motivation. "Your body is never going to look the way you want it to look, or work the way you want it to" is what he says.

This is why We have to seek the Lords perspective. Psalm 103 says "forget not all his benefits."

God has not cursed you and I think it is safe to say that you offend God when you think negatively about yourself in any manner. 

I know that the Lord is going to show himself faithful in my particular situation, I don't know when but it is such a sweet gift to my soul to know and brings my heart great satisfaction.

Psalm 103 again affirms, God satisfies your desires "with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's"

Read psalm 103 again, and again, as many times as you need too.

When I studied this verse out and decided to also live it out I began thanking God daily for making me exactly the way He did. I don't hold myself up to others with a critical eye of judgement.

I challenge you to examine what the hidden benefits of those things you hold as negative in your life and bring them to the feet of Jesus, it is truly liberating.