Comfort for Our 2020 World: God's Amazing Re-Creating Love

In addition to praising God for His work in creation, we are also to praise Him for His work of re-creation which He accomplishes in Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit. We are to magnify His Name for the grace and mercy which He has shown to us in forgiving us our sins, for imputing to us the righteousness of Christ, and of making us heirs of eternal life. We are to magnify God’s great Name for the work of regeneration, whereby He restores us in holiness so that we reflect His image again. 

For this we again take our example from the book of Psalms: “Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies” (Psalm 103:1-4).

Before we can praise God for His work of re-creation, we must come to know our sin and misery, the redeeming work of Christ, and the renewing work of the Holy Spirit. Here again we state that the Holy Spirit must illumine our mind and open our hearts to receive this knowledge in faith. Only then will our hearts be filled with gratitude and our mouths filled with praise, extolling the great mercy and love of God. Thus when we pray that God’s Name may be hallowed, we are asking the Spirit to give us this knowledge. (And Can It Be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAOI2xwmYAw )